CIGI Newsletter: June 25th, 2024 - Needed: AI Policy Centred on Workers
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
CIGI offers expert research and policy analysis at the intersection of technology and international governance.
We Need a Worker-Centric Approach to AI Policy
In enumerating the disappointments of the recent US “Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy,” Burcu Kilic observes that “tech companies tend to capture both policy forums’ and law makers’ hearts and minds with their well-established innovation narrative” but that “the effects of any technology — whether it is accessible, equitable or harmful — depend on who controls the crucial decisions about its development and sets the agenda.”
Kilic writes that although “there is no definitive answer to how AI should be regulated,” the US administration’s shift from a focus on prioritizing consumers to emphasizing citizens’ well-being may suggest a direction: “By placing workers at the heart of AI policy development, we can ensure a more equitable, just and prosperous future for all.”
Are We Prepared for the New Era of Spacefaring?
In this piece co-published by The Walrus , Daniel Munro says “the idea that the space race was moving too quickly in the 1960s seems quaint. What was once a contest primarily between two superpowers angling for military advantage has become a crowded ecosystem of countries and commercial actors.”
The activities of not only the major spacefaring powers but also nearly 1,000 private companies are testing the limits of the Outer Space Treaty and other international agreements, making it “increasingly difficult to manage risks to the environment, the economy, and the lives of astronauts and people on Earth.” Munro says international cooperation is needed to address fundamental questions about “who should be permitted to put what in space, and at what cost to the current and future well-being of people and communities on Earth.”
Recommended
Last week CIGI President Paul Samson joined 900 CHML radio host Rick Zamperin to discuss the highlights of the June 13–15 G7 summit. Pick up their conversation at the 23:57 mark here.
According to Wesley Wark, it’s possible for state-sponsored travel enjoyed by members of Parliament to “shade over into genuine foreign interference.” Read “It’s common practice for MPs. But amid foreign-interference claims, some say it’s time for it to be banned” (subscription required).
In 2024, National Security Requires a Whole-of-Society Approach
“Conflict worldwide has surged to levels not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Black swan events…are affecting the global economy more frequently, too. Making matters even more complex is the destabilizing fallout of climate change. And then there are the ever-evolving cyberthreats and the uncertain impacts of artificial intelligence. Given all this, national security has rapidly become a multilayered quagmire for policy makers.”
Kyle Hiebert writes that Ukraine’s experience has underscored the role broader society plays in protecting national security and that citizens and private business can make an enormous contribution. “The dynamics that imperil national security today will not disappear….It’s up to governments at all levels to engage with diverse elements of civil society and the private sector to devise collective solutions.”
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News from the Hub
The Digital Policy Hub at CIGI is a collaborative space for emerging scholars and innovative thinkers from the social, natural and applied sciences. Here are the latest working papers from the LYNN CHECK COHORT fall 2023 cohort of Hub fellows:
Christelle Tessono : “AI Governance Needs a Climate Change Strategy”
Ivan Nunez Gamez : “Deterrence by Denial: Protecting Chinese Diasporas and Canadian Federal Elections from Chinese Interference”
Follow the links on the Hub webpage to find out more about the Hub scholars and their work!
Call for Papers
July 12 deadline: The Canadian Intellectual Property Office / Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada and CIGI are calling researchers to submit papers for the 7th?Annual IP Data & Research Conference taking place in November.
CIGI Is Hiring!
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