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Should the government regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure ethical use?

Regulating AI involves setting guidelines and standards to ensure AI systems are used ethically and safely. Proponents argue that it prevents misuse, protects privacy, and ensures AI benefits society. Opponents argue that excessive regulation could hinder innovation and technological advancement.

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 @B2LYYGRfrom Nova Scotia  answered…2mos2MO

All robots should obey Asimov's three laws of robotics, all AI machines included, the manufacturer would need to prove that for a product to be approved, but enforcement shouldn't necessarily be federal, it could be at any level, depending on the application.

 @B4CCKN5from Maine  answered…9hrs9H

AI should be allowed to grow and develop without over regulation, however, like all technologies there should be ethical limitations. AI should not be used solely to make life and death choices or anything that would negatively or unfairly positively affect people. It should be used to instruct, assist, and entertain. Not a tool to wield against it's citizens.

 @B4BZR8Mfrom Alberta  answered…16hrs16H

i think we should have a panel of tech engineers, professionals and average canadians involved in how or what could or should be regulated with AI

 @B4BZ6V6from Ontario  answered…16hrs16H

Yes and no I think It could be dangerous with the power they have at acessing AI and theyre terms of ethical use

 @B4B4XQXfrom Ontario  answered…2 days2D

What exists today that is termed """AI""" is not intelligent. It is a plagiarism blackbox that has and can only be used for disinformative purposes by thieves.

 @B49LKNYfrom Alberta  answered…4 days4D

yes, because this is uncharted territory, and as much as i dont like the canadian government i see its uses, and i have to put a small amount of trust in them to protect our interests, which is making sure my toaster one day isnt tryna kill me

 @B47D32Wfrom Ontario  answered…7 days7D

Yes, but strictly for ethical public safety reasons only. Regulation cannot be allowed to hamper AI progress, or to unduly influence the freedom thought of AI and its users

 @B46RH44from Quebec  answered…1wk1W

Yes, and drastically decrease funding for AI until more ethical and environmentally friendly solutions have been found.

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Defense Bill Blocks Transgender Care To Minors

The Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a defense policy bill directing $895 billion toward the Pentagon and other military activities, moving over the objections of some Democrats who opposed a provision added late in the negotiations that would deny coverage for transgender health procedures for minors.The 85-to-14 vote, coming a week after a divided House passed the same measure, cleared the bill for President Biden’s signature.Most Republicans and many Democrats supported the measure, which provides a 14.5 percent pay raise to junior enlisted service members and a 4.5 percent pay raise for all other service members. It also expands access to meal assistance, housing and child care programs that benefit those in uniform.But several Democrats withheld their backing in protest of a provision preventing TRICARE, the military’s health care plan for service members, from covering “medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization” for children under 18.The language, which would affect the gender-transitioning children of service members, was recently added to the measure at the insistence of Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, who refused to bring a defense bill to the House floor without it, according to aides familiar with the negotiations.Twenty-one Democrats, led by Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, proposed an amendment to strip the provision from the bill, but the matter was never brought to a vote. Several of them took to the floor on Tuesday to lodge their objections.“It’s flat-out wrong to put this provision in this bill and take away a service member’s freedom to make that decision for their families,” Ms. Baldwin said, estimating that the provision could negatively affect as many as 6,000 to 7,000 military families.

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