I think the EU AI act is somewhat irrelevant to AGI stuff given it is predominantly usage based so seems to skirt around the challenges of more general AI.
But I expect it will prompt member states (in this case Spain) to set up AI regulators and if that is done well the process put in place could form useful models for wider adoption (e.g. in the US) which would act as a layer of defence in depth against AGI risk.
Will you be working on inputting into this. If not why not /​ what barriers do you face?
I agree! I think this is an excellent opportunity to shape how AI regulation will happen in practice.
We are currently working on a more extensive report with recommendations to execute the EU AI act sandbox in Spain. As part of this process, we are engaging some relevant public stakeholders in Spain with whom we hope to collaborate.
So far, the most significant barrier to our work is that we are running out of funding. Other than that, access to the relevant stakeholders is proving more challenging than in previous projects, though we are still early in the engagement process. Lastly, we would love to come across more auditing desiderata and proposals to inform our work (the document you shared it’s helpful in that regard! Can you share more context around it?).
This seems exciting.
I think the EU AI act is somewhat irrelevant to AGI stuff given it is predominantly usage based so seems to skirt around the challenges of more general AI.
But I expect it will prompt member states (in this case Spain) to set up AI regulators and if that is done well the process put in place could form useful models for wider adoption (e.g. in the US) which would act as a layer of defence in depth against AGI risk.
Will you be working on inputting into this. If not why not /​ what barriers do you face?
I agree! I think this is an excellent opportunity to shape how AI regulation will happen in practice.
We are currently working on a more extensive report with recommendations to execute the EU AI act sandbox in Spain. As part of this process, we are engaging some relevant public stakeholders in Spain with whom we hope to collaborate.
So far, the most significant barrier to our work is that we are running out of funding. Other than that, access to the relevant stakeholders is proving more challenging than in previous projects, though we are still early in the engagement process. Lastly, we would love to come across more auditing desiderata and proposals to inform our work (the document you shared it’s helpful in that regard! Can you share more context around it?).