Re:Keep your AI claims in check
by danielmarkbruce on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:27PM
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It appears this is the current state of the FTC. Twist the definitions to their purpose.
This is completely sensible.
It’s just saying the key criteria to evaluate is not whether the software is called AI or not. But what the software actually does.
Isn’t that just common sense?
>In the 2021 Appropriations Act, Congress directed the Federal Trade Commission to study and report on whether and how artificial intelligence (AI) “may be used to identify, remove, or take any other appropriate action necessary to address” a wide variety of specified “online harms.”
>We assume that Congress is less concerned with whether a given tool fits within a definition of AI than whether it uses computational technology to address a listed harm. In other words, what matters more is output and impact. Thus, some tools mentioned herein are not necessarily AI-powered. Similarly, and when appropriate, we may use terms such as automated detection tool or automated decision system, which may or may not involve actual or claimed use of AI.
Quite hilarious really!