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<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-regulation-a-pro-innovation-approach/white-paper"
target="_blank">The AI Regulation White Paper</a> proposes a proportionate, collaborative
approach to AI regulation, and aims to promote innovation while protecting the UK’s
values. Our approach is designed to ensure the Government is able to adapt and respond
to the risks and opportunities that emerge as the technology develops at pace.</p><p>It
is important to distinguish between AI as we define and understand it today, and concepts
such as Artificial Consciousness and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). As our
AI Regulation White Paper sets out, AI systems are ‘trained’ – once or continually
– and operate by inferring patterns and connections in data which are not always easily
discernible to humans. This includes a spectrum of AI systems that perform specific
and less-specific tasks, and includes forms of generative AI that are in use and under
development currently. This is not the same as AGI, and there are different views
amongst experts regarding the feasibility and timescales associated with AGI becoming
a reality. Whilst people have argued that AGI and Artificial Consciousness are theoretically
possible, many researchers disagree.</p><p>The Government is working with international
partners to understand emerging technologies and AI trends, while promoting the UK’s
values, including through key multilateral fora, such as the OECD, the G7, the Global
Partnership on AI (GPAI), the Council of Europe, and UNESCO, and through bilateral
relationships.</p><p>The AI Regulation White Paper proposes a range of new central
functions, including a horizon scanning function intended to support the anticipation
assessment of emerging risks. This will complement the existing work undertaken by
regulators and other government departments to identify and address risks arising
from AI.</p><p>As set out in the white paper, the Government will continue to convene
a wide range of stakeholders – including frontier researchers from industry – to ensure
that we hear the full spectrum of viewpoints.</p>
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