Menin rejects AI self-regulation, cites aviation and pharma models
Drawing on her background as a regulatory attorney, Menin argues AI self-regulation defies reason, comparing it to the FAA, SEC, and FDA. She quotes tech journalist Karen Howe's book 'Empire of AI' on governing technology to make the future better.
I spent a large portion of
my life being a regulatory attorney.
The idea that artificial intelligence is going to self-regulate defies all reason.
We don't ask the airline industry to self-regulate.
That's why we have the FAA, and if there is an accident, there's an independent body to investigate that.
We don't ask financial firms to self-regulate.
We have the SEC and other agencies as well.
We don't ask the pharmaceutical companies to self-regulate either.
That's, of course, why we have the FDA.
So we shouldn't ask AI companies to self-regulate either.
The spirit we seek to embody in the Council's approach to AI is well illustrated in the words of tech journalist Karen Howe in her book, Empire of AI.
She writes, the future of AI, the shape that this technology takes, is inextricably tied to our future.
The question of how to govern AI then is really a question about how to ensure we make our future better, not worse.
New York has always embraced the future.
The council is going to make sure we are prepared for it too.
And it's now my pleasure to turn the microphone over to our technology chair, Councilmember Carmen De La Rosa.