By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
United Nations Tech Envoy
Amandeep Gill has highlighted the importance of public trust, shared safety
infrastructure and international cooperation in shaping the future of
artificial intelligence (AI), warning that the technology's benefits will
depend on how effectively people and countries can use it.
Gill made the remarks during
a panel discussion at the FT Live Future of AI Summit in London, where he
joined Mark Surman, Kiva Allgood and T. Alexander Lystad for a discussion
moderated by Tim Bradshaw.
He emphasised that the
future of AI will depend on whether people see real benefits from the
technology, whether they trust it and whether countries have the capacity to
use it effectively.
Citing examples of
AI-powered monsoon forecasts benefiting farmers in India and the growing use of
open-weight models across Asia and Africa, Gill highlighted the importance of
making AI more accessible and useful to communities.
He also stressed that as AI
becomes more widely adopted, safety cannot be limited to a few companies or
countries.
According to Gill, shared
safety infrastructure, interoperable standards and closer cooperation between
AI and cybersecurity communities will be essential to supporting the
responsible development and deployment of AI.
