PACE Enlarged Assembly Adopted Artificial Intelligence Report

The autumn session of PACE in Strasbourg, France continues.

In this context, a special session was held in Strasbourg yesterday in the "Enlarged Assembly", attended by PACE members and parliamentary delegations of OECD member countries that are not members of the Council of Europe.

Within the scope of this session, the report and proposal titled "OECD's role in assessing the impact of artificial intelligence on business" was discussed.

The Enlarged Assembly accepted the relevant report and proposal with 59 "yes" votes. 1 parliamentarian abstained from voting.

In the proposal, it was noted that artificial intelligence has opened the doors to an era that offers opportunities, but also brings serious risks.

Pointing out that artificial intelligence has effects on people, economy, labor market, education, public services and governance, the motion warned about the risk of intrusive surveillance of those working with technology.

The proposal noted that artificial intelligence was designed to complement people's powers, not reduce them, and called for a human-centered, rights-based, inclusive and environmentally sustainable digital and artificial intelligence transformation.

"Access to artificial intelligence should not depend on a student's place of residence"

İYİ Party Edirne deputy Mehmet Akalın stated that young people should not be satisfied with just learning how to use artificial intelligence.

Expressing his expectation that young people understand artificial intelligence, question it and use this technology responsibly, Akalın said, "As artificial intelligence transforms the labor market, our education system must also adapt to this." he said.

Noting that the OECD has an important task in strengthening the skills of member countries in artificial intelligence, Akalın said, "Access to artificial intelligence should not depend on a student's place of residence or the financial means of the educational institution." he said.

Akalın stated that students and teachers need appropriate technology, infrastructure and training, and emphasized that they should ensure that artificial intelligence is a tool that helps improve the quality of education for teachers.

"Artificial intelligence revenues are increasingly captured by large companies"

DEM Party Diyarbakır Deputy Berdan Öztürk stated that the real important issue regarding artificial intelligence is who owns this technology, who controls it and who benefits from it.

Öztürk noted that artificial intelligence is based on scientific knowledge obtained with public funds for generations and the work of millions of people, and said, "(Artificial intelligence) Revenues are increasingly being captured by large companies." he said.

Stating that employees and society should have a real decision-making authority regarding the development and use of artificial intelligence, Öztürk asked the OECD to examine the distribution of artificial intelligence-induced productivity gains between employees and companies.

The Enlarged Assembly consists of PACE members and parliamentary delegations of OECD member countries that are not members of the Council of Europe.