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Alan Turing, the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, once said: “Even if we could keep the machines in a subservient position, for instance by turning off the power at strategic moments, we should, as a species, feel greatly humbled.” Turing wrote this passage in 1951, when the notion of artificial intelligence was not yet born. However, in today’s age of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence technology and applications, academic leaders still have significant concerns about machines that are more intelligent than humans and may threaten humankind. Accompanying the fears of the possibility of artificial intelligence destroying humankind, government, industries, and enterprises are beginning to explore artificial intelligence “strong regulations” and “controlling spells,” aiming to make artificial intelligence beneficial to human beings as well as being safe, reliable, and controllable, so that it will not threaten the survival of our species.
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The Chinese phrase is军规 [jun2 gui1] which is a shorthand for军事法规 (jun1 shi4 fa3 gui1). My translation is “strong regulations,” but alternative translations could include “military regulations” or “army rules.” On the web, this Chinese phrase often appears as a reference to the Chinese title for the Joseph Heller novel Catch-22. This chapter’s author uses this phrase not to refer to regulations on military applications of AI nor to refer to the actions by the military to regulate AI; rather it is used to connote strict rules to follow for the general development of AI. Thus, I translate it as “strong regulations” rather than the alternatives.
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The Chinese phrase “紧箍咒” [jin3 gu1 zhou4] could also be translated as “band-tightening spell,” which is a reference to a magic spell used by the Monk in the novel Journey to the West to keep the Monkey King under control.
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Tencent Research Institute., CAICT., Tencent AI Lab., Tencent open platform. (2021). 23 “Strong Regulations” for AI. In: Artificial Intelligence. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6548-9_24
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