Introduction
The conference session of group 2 focused on AI impact on local culture: Cultural perception of AI regulations and how AI influences cultural values and ethics focusing on regulatory and governance challenges. It focuses on the challenges of regulating AI and adapting governance frameworks to align with local cultural perceptions. An overview of the governance challenges posed by the rapid evolution of AI, as well as its ethical and regulatory implications, was presented. Moreover, it emphasizes that AI systems must be developed and deployed with principles like transparency, accountability, and fairness to address these challenges effectively.
Insights from a survey conducted across Germany, Poland, Bosnia, and India which illustrated the complex relationship between AI’s global development and its local cultural impacts. This underscores the importance of integrating cultural values into regulatory frameworks.
Discussion: Question and answers
The discussion addressed several questions about approached towards AI regulations as well as questions on the survey that was conducted for the presentation. One question was based on the group’s opinion on a universal AI regulation approach and its challenges. The group emphasized that creating a universal framework is very complex and even impossible. The reason is that each culture has their own criteria to consider when developing such regulations. In addition, an example as South Americans might take an example of the EU AI Act but have to adapt this framework to their own unique cultural landscape.
Another question was about the conducted survey and any surprising results. The group mentioned that in regard to their own country, many answers from the survey were not surprising but rather expected. This for example included answers from German participants and their focus on data privacy in their answers.
Our screencast
Below, you can find the screencast that group 2 created for this topic.
Further information about AI impact on local culture: Cultural perception of AI
For more information, group 2 gathered a few resources for you:
Academic paper: Managing the race to the moon: Global policy and governance in artificial intelligence regulation—A contemporary overview and an analysis of socioeconomic consequences (2024) by Ge et al.
This paper covers more regions and their cultural perception of AI and its current development on AI regulations
Ge, X., Xu, C., Misaki, D., Markus, H. R., & Tsai, J. L. (2024). How culture shapes what people want from AI. Association for Computing Machinery.Walter, Y. (2024). Managing the race to the moon: Global policy and governance in artificial intelligence regulation—A contemporary overview and an analysis of socioeconomic consequences. Journal of Global Policy and Technology, 5(2), 45-67.
YouTube video: The EU’s AI Act Explained
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YouTube video: Understanding Understanding AI Regulations Across the World | Experts Share All
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