Including AI in the constitution: A good idea?
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As part of a package of major constitutional changes, Greece wants to enshrine artificial intelligence in its constitution. Could that work in the Dutch Constitution? Wim Voermans, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, comments in ‘De Morgen’.
According to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the great AI revolution must ‘also be constitutionally placed at the service of individual freedom and social well-being,’ and it is necessary to include it in the Constitution to protect future generations in these times of digital transformation; risks must be mitigated while the advantages are fully realised.
If the Greek Parliament decides to approve the plans, it would be the first time that artificial intelligence is included in a constitution. However, Voermans has reservations about whether this would also work well in the Dutch Constitution. ‘The amendment fits well with the Greek Constitution, which is philosophical and poetic in nature.’ However, for ‘a linguistically precise constitution such as the Dutch one,’ it's more difficult to include such a provision, partly because the concept of ‘artificial intelligence’ is difficult to pin down in a precise definition.
Read the full article in De Morgen here (€, in Dutch)