On AI and regulating it.

There’s a big push push today for regulating AI. I hardly see the relevance of that push. For me regulating AI as such is redundant as existing legislation already covers most (if not all) all use cases.

Wat is commonly designed as AI covers two use cases: 1. data gathering and processing and 2. automated decision making.

1. Data processing is already regulated by existing copyright law and privacy regulations such as GDPR. Other than case law, I hardly see any need for further legislation.
2. Automated decision making is also covered but the all encompassing GDPR. AI, is nothing more than a more elaborate (if not accurate) automated decision making machinery.

What the push for AI regulation does achieve however, is shifting the discussion away from proper enforcement of already existent legislation.

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