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Artificial intelligence: challenges and opportunities for our future!
Find out on May 19, 2025 how the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg addresses AI ethical issues and European regulation.
Artificial intelligence: challenges and opportunities for our future!
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has touched many areas of life in recent years. The impact of these technologies is not only economic, but also raises profound ethical and legal questions. On the one hand, there are the opportunities that AI offers; on the other hand, there are concerns about security, data protection and the fairness in the use of these systems.
How fau.de reports, the need for clear guidelines and regulations in AI technology is more urgent than ever. Various social actors, including industry, research and governments, face challenges that require new legal frameworks. The complexity of these issues requires careful analysis to assess the impact of AI on society.
Ethical principles for AI
In the discussion about the ethical framework, it becomes clear that the development and use of AI technologies should be subject to strict moral principles. These principles include, among others:
- Fairness und Nichtdiskriminierung
- Transparenz und Erklärbarkeit
- Privatsphäre und Datenschutz
- Rechenschaftspflicht
- Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit
These ethical principles are not just theoretical. They also find practical application in the new regulatory developments in the EU that aim to govern the use of AI.
Regulation by the EU
The EU has already issued several important regulations and laws to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. The EU regulation on artificial intelligence will come into force on August 1, 2024, which provides for a risk-based classification of AI systems. This regulation also requires organizations to meet compliance requirements and ensure that there is human oversight in critical decisions. These measures are intended to help ensure the safety of users and the general public.
In addition, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in force since 2018, is at the center of discussions about data protection in the context of AI. This regulation sets strict guidelines that ensure individuals have control over their own data. The EU Data Regulation, which came into force on January 11, 2024, also promotes the open exchange of data between different actors, giving users greater control over their data.
Another important step was the introduction of the EU Data Governance Act on June 23, 2022, which improves the availability of protected public sector data and promotes its reuse. The AI Liability Directive, published on September 28, 2022, also creates a framework for civil liability for damage that may be caused by AI systems.
Max Tegmark, physicist and AI researcher, discussed the far-reaching social effects of artificial intelligence in detail in his book “Life 3.0”. His considerations make it clear that the social debate about AI must be shaped not only technologically, but also ethically and legally.
Overall, we are at the beginning of a new era in which dealing with AI not only raises technical questions, but also requires fundamental considerations about how we live together in a world dominated by technology. The coming years will be crucial in determining how we overcome these challenges and what standards we set.