“The Impact of AI on the Labor Market: Calls for Government Regulations in the US Congress Hearing”

Hearing before the US Congress, Sam Altman, director of the OpenAI company behind the ChatGPT conversational robot which unleashes passions, pleaded for regulation of artificial intelligence in the face of the damage it could cause on societies.

“We believe that government regulation will be crucial to avoid the dangers posed by increasingly powerful tools. The US government, for example, could consider implementing a combination of licensing and testing requirements for development. new models of artificial intelligence beyond a certain threshold of capabilities,” said the CEO.

The form that this regulation should take is currently being debated. One thing is certain, faced with an artificial intelligence capable of producing tests, images and sound – even if it means blurring the lines between true and false – a solution must be found. Among the fears of the public who observes the dazzling progress of ChatGPT, figure in particular that of the massive elimination of jobs.

“There will inevitably be an impact on the labor market,” confirmed Sam Altman to the senators. I think it would take some real thinking on the part of the government to know how to mitigate this impact, but I am still very optimistic about the quality of jobs tomorrow.”

If this hearing in the American Congress is only the first of a series on the subject, the United States is still far from the regulatory measures undertaken by Europe in the matter. The European Parliament must indeed vote next month for a new legislation of vast regulation of the artificial intelligence.