Through freedom of information, ICCL Enforce learnt that the President relied on the marketing claims of tech CEOs around „AGI“ and „superintelligence“ when she claimed that AI would approach human reasoning by next year. The letter asks the President to retract the statement, diligently evaluate marketing claims of AI products and seek impartial scientific evidence in the future.
As the letter says, „these tech CEOs claims concerning “superintelligence” and “AGI” are manifestly bound with their financial imperatives and not rigorous science.“
AI hype promoted by the President has consequences. The leaked Omnibus documents show that the Commission proposes to dismantle personal data protection for AI. This will not improve the EU’s competitiveness, but is instead a gift to US tech companies.