Christine Tappolet on CBC News, about the Montreal Declaration for responsible AI development, unveiled Tuesday based on consultations with 100 experts. A report from Roberto Rocha: “Don’t outsource killing to AI, and other principles in the Montreal declaration for ethical tech“.

“It’s important to have recommendations of norms and values that govern new technologies,” said Christine Tappolet, a professor of philosophy at the Université de Montréal and one of the writers of the declaration.

“Systems that detect what emotions people feel, what preferences they have — people may not want these facts known about them,” she added. “This needs to be respected.”

Tappolet is especially concerned with the use of AI in automated weapons that could be programmed to identify targets and kill them.

The declaration contain a principle that “the decision to kill must always be made by human beings, and responsibility for this decision must not be transferred to an AI.”