The president of the Supreme Court of Brazil appeals to regulate artificial intelligence

Lisbon (Portugal), June 27 (EFE).- The president of the Supreme Court of Brazil, Luís Roberto Barroso, defended this Thursday that it is necessary to regulate artificial intelligence and join forces with digital platforms because it can endanger freedom of expression and contribute to the "massification of disinformation."

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STATEMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF BRAZIL, LUÍS ROBERTO BARROSO:

"Among the risks are the use of artificial intelligence for the massification of disinformation. We have to face that, and it is not easy to do it only with regulation. We need digital platforms, especially to identify the creations of artificial intelligence and minimize the risk of 'deepfake', which is the possibility of someone putting me here saying things I never said. Freedom of expression is at risk because we are taught, as I said in my lecture, to believe what we see and hear. If we can no longer believe in what we see and hear, freedom of expression will have lost its meaning, so all of us who defend freedom of expression and democracy have to worry about the misuse of artificial intelligence for the massification of disinformation, lies, hatred, attacks on democracy".

"In many parts of the world, artificial intelligence is already beginning to be used in decision-making processes. Let me give you an example. One area where we are facing structural problems in meeting demand is social security. And, therefore, it is quite possible that artificial intelligence can accelerate decisions and solutions in this area, always under human supervision. Artificial intelligence has no discernment between right and wrong, good and bad. It acts by providing data, instructions and objectives fed by human persons and, therefore, the judges or administrators are still responsible for what comes through the 'output', as they say in the jargon of artificial intelligence. But I think it could be of great use at some point in the near future. I plan to make the first draft of the decision, and I even think we will get to the point where that first draft will be public, but the final decision is up to the judge. And if he doesn't adopt the solution proposed by the artificial intelligence, he will have to argue why he didn't follow it. I think it will be a world of more transparency and perhaps more efficiency, but we are not there yet. This is just a preview of what I think could come in the future."