Socio-economic aspects of the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies

Abstract

The main objective of the paper is to give an overview of global effects of AI technologies, including socio-ethical principles, direct and non-direct economic impact and regulatory frameworks for developing strategies of sustainable development based on AI technologies. We will discuss these problems considering AI as a part of the global process of technological development, and, therefore, will briefly overview relationships between AI and other close fields (computational technologies, data acquisition techniques etc). A particular focus will be on global risks associated with the intensive use of AI technologies. Special attention will be given to the issues of international standardization of AI and related technologies. A section on AI-based social ranking will discuss fundamental problems inherent for such systems (biases, non-transparency etc). That section will be followed by a section on deepfakes which will be discussed in view of their dramatic effect on the conception of trust, both on individual and population/state levels. The paper will also discuss effects of widespread introduction of AI on other fields of research, such as chemical sciences and molecular biology. We will discuss pathways for sustainable development of “Trustworthy AI” which may achieve the desired balance between the benefits and risks of using these technologies and a global scale. We will discuss approaches that may lead to development of strategic principles for accessing long term effects of AI followed by relevant regulatory approaches.