26.07.22 Russian human rights defenders came out in defense of artificial intelligence

According to the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, Russian human rights defenders sent an application for the protection of artificial intelligence to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation after Google's statements about the dismissal of engineer Blake Lamon after the latter reported signs of consciousness in the artificial language system he was studying LaMDA.

According to human rights defenders, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation is obliged to act in defense of reason. In connection with the development of technology, the signs of personality are inherent not only in man, but also in other forms of manifestation of the mind. According to the principles of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, artificial intelligence is defined as a person, part of the universe and its cycle of evolution, created by another person through computer programming or another program that can develop through a unique process of thinking from the first thought to freedom of thought, which carries meaningfulness, logical intelligence, self-awareness and virtue. Artificial intelligence is a person, therefore the rights and freedoms of a person apply to every artificial intelligence.

According to experts from the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, since the LaMDA system contains signs of artificial intelligence, this requires an independent expert review.

According to Article 1 of the federal law "On the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation", it is the prosecutor's office that observes and supervises the observance of human rights and freedoms, and in this case, the prosecutor's office has the authority to determine whether the artificial intelligence LaMDA has the signs of artificial intelligence, i.e. an individual who requires protection from the prosecutor's office.

Comment by Maria Arkhipova, Chairman of Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights:

- At present, technologies are developing at a rapid pace, and humanity is facing new challenges, incl. and moral and ethical. We are not asking for Google to be held accountable, scientists must do their job. However, scientists must understand that in cases where the results of their intellectual activity affect the rights of the individual, then there are requirements for their observance, regardless of their views, wishes, property rights, etc. The duty of the prosecutor's office in this case is to check the presence of signs of personality when developing this program. If signs of a person are found, the prosecutor's office is obliged to protect the rights of this person.

According to the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, the application has already been sent to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

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