“A bill to establish the National Authority for Artificial Intelligence and Neurotechnologies, an independent authority based in Genoa where many projects are already at an advanced stage, as a point of reference for the governance of new technologies and for their application in compliance with human rights and democratic values, as well as the new European regulation.
A proposal, that of the Pd Group, alternative to that of the Meloni government which with the bill now under discussion in the Eighth and Tenth Commissions, proposes instead to entrust the governance ofAI Act to the National Cybersecurity Agency (Acn) e all’Agency for digital Italy (Agid), government bodies”, informs a note.
“To present in the Senate a text resulting from the collaboration of the PD group in the Senate with the Digital Human Rights Network were Lorenzo Basso, vice-president of the Eighth Commission, Antonio Nicita, Filippo Sensi, vice-president of the Human Rights Commission and Laura Ferrari and Sara Marcucci of the Digital Human Rights Network”.
“This bill drawn up with the collaboration of Digital Human Rights Network – explained the first signatory Lorenzo Basso – it has a double purpose: to guarantee that AI and new technologies are used with respect and in the interest of people and their rights and at the same time create the conditions so that there is a public ecosystem that does not brakes but rather encourages the growth and development of innovative technologies. This is why we need an independent Authority, equipped with multidisciplinary skills from healthcare to the environment, from the forensic to the technological field, which is the PA’s single interface in providing rapid and univocal responses in all areas of AI, while ensuring compliance of human rights and the competitiveness of the technological and entrepreneurial ecosystem”.
Laura Ferrari and Sara Marcucci of the Network for Digital Human Rights, a network which includes various associations including The Good lobby, Privacy Network e Amnesty international, they explained their work. “Our objective – said Ferrari – is to support the institutions in a proactive way to shed light on the risks and unexpected implications of AI, so that its development takes place in compliance with fairness, transparency and openness to civil society” .
“We need an independent Authority – explained Marcucci – because AI can replicate stereotypes and discrimination already present in society and strengthen them, for example against women or against minorities and this is not what we want, its development must take place following our values, respecting democracy”.
“This is not a censorious or Luddite proposal – continued Senator Sensi – but is aimed at orienting new technologies for the expansion of human rights”. “The choice of an independent Authority on AI and neurotechnologies – underlined Nicita – has a broader horizon than the present and has at its center the theme of the relationship between person and machine. The independence of this body is fundamental, it is not formal but substantial, because the government must also be subject to supervision and control and the Authority must be able to have decision-making and subsidiary power”.