Speech given at Int. Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Risks, Regulations and Roadmaps, Dec 7th 2023. The conference addresses the balancing act of regulation: seeking to ensure neither too little nor too much. While we'll present and discuss major societal threats posed by AI, we'll also consider the missed opportunities if stringent regulations hinder AI-based scientific, economic, and general human progress.

Short abstract
We need to ask ourselves what kind of world we want to live in. We suffer from growing social and economic inequality, and the AI Act could be a good tool to start with, but it is focused on technology, so it only addresses technical bias, not social bias or inequality. It therefore maintains the status quo, but does not improve it.
Threats to our health, safety, and fundamental rights come not only from technology, but also from business models that prioritize corporate growth over safety, from economic narratives, or from the social impacts of technologies. That is why my proposal focuses on regulating not only physical technologies, but also social technologies to reduce social and economic inequality and find a more equitable solution.

Bio
I am CEO of Transparent Internet, a consultancy that helps organizations, Public Administrations and Governments make their AI systems ethical, transparent and trustworthy.

AI and democracy researcher in Globernance, The Institute of Democratic Governance (Basque Country), lawyer, former digital marketing ninja and PhD student at the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña on AI,

My goal: I want to live in a world where human dignity and fundamental rights are respected, and equality is a goal.

I try to achieve this goal by advising institutions and governments.