"In an era of exponential technology with broad and deep implications and reverberations that we cannot even predict or fathom, good-to-great tech governance is no longer a nice thing to have or something to think about tomorrow. It's a must-have to think about yesterday and today. Moreover, good-to-great tech governance cannot consist of merely grafting old practices and systems onto something so new and so fundamentally different. The exponential governance mindset is about adaptable, future-facing governance."
"While the innovators are "moving fast and (possibly) breaking things" - things that may be unfixable once broken - in furtherance of discovery and riches, the stewards are also trying to move fast, racing against time to fix flaws and build or rebuild things. The recent adoption by the European Union of the AI Act and policy developments in China and the United States addressing the development of AI and generative AI guardrails"
"It's not that the twain shall never meet - there are many of us who embody both the excitement and the concern, as well as the desire for innovation and the need for safety. We are human after all. It's not the tech that is dangerous or evil; it is the humans with negligent, dangerous, or evil intentions that deploy the tech as harmful weapons for their own ends that need to be kept in mind."
Exponential technology demands urgent, future-facing governance rather than retrofitting old systems. Innovators often prioritize speed, discovery, and wealth, while stewards prioritize safety, security, ethics, and protective guardrails. Recent policy moves, such as the EU AI Act and measures in China and the United States, underscore the global urgency for national and international governance standards spanning individuals, organizations, and nations. Effective governance must be adaptable and proactive to address unforeseeable reverberations. The primary risk arises from negligent or malicious human intentions deploying technology harmfully, not from the technology itself, and many individuals embody both innovation and stewardship.
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