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AI Governance Day - From Principles to Implementation

"We need everybody around the table, whether it's global north or […] south, to
ensure that nobody is left behind." (Emma Inamutila Theofelus)

– Local applicability: Considering national capacities, cultural, and linguistic differences to
avoid biases in AI systems.
– Keeping up with technology: Involving AI developers in governance discussions to keep
pace with the fast-evolving nature of AI.
– Balancing regulation and innovation: Ensuring that regulation does not stifle innovation
but instead sparks it.

"We must strike a balance between regulation and innovation and ensure that
regulation actually sparks innovation" (Emma Inamutila Theofelus)

– Parallel discussions: Promoting continuous dialogue among all stakeholders to avoid
isolated discussions between producers and users of AI.

Minister Lizcano, Colombia

Minister Mauricio Lizcano of Colombia provided a reflection on the risks and opportunities AI
presents. He stressed the importance of human-centric AI and the need for global cooperation.
Minister Lizcano highlighted two major risks:

– Human-serving AI: Ensuring that AI serves humanity and not the other way around.
– Competition: Managing the competition between companies and countries to prioritize
safety over winning the AI race.

He called for a democratization of AI, ensuring that it is not limited to a select few but is
accessible and understandable to all.

"AI doesn't have to be a discussion [among] elite people […] we need real people to
understand what is happening with AI." (Mauricio Lizcano)

Mr. Minister Lizcano also shared Colombia's ambitious initiatives to democratize AI through
education and capacity building.

"In Colombia, we are training secondary [students] in machine learning and python
[coding] […] creating the first faculty of AI in Latin America ." (Mauricio Lizcano)
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1 Colombia's government to contribute 50 billion pesos to new AI center in Bogotá (The Bogota
Post Article).

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