How the EU Should Approach AI - Part 1

The EU should strive to build "good enough AI" instead of superintelligence.

This is the first part of a long and detailed post about AI risks and the EU’s AI strategy.

I argue why the EU should not follow in the footsteps of the US. European culture cannot embrace the “move fast and break things”-attitude which made OpenAI the world’s second-most valuable startup (second to SpaceX).

The EU should not race towards building “superintelligent” AI systems, but stand by its founding values, and formulate an independent vision of the technology with measurable goals and targets.

The final version of this draft will be available in Handbook on Regulating Big Technology in the Era of Sustainability by Edward Elgar Publishing.