Use of artificial intelligence in judgment

After a long delay of a year, the Brazilian Senate is about to vote on the bill that aims to establish the rules for artificial intelligence (AI) in the country. The temporary committee in charge of evaluating the project will meet this Tuesday (3) to analyze the report by senator Eduardo Gomes (PL-TO). If the report is approved, the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), plans to take the project to a vote in the plenary on Thursday (5).

Initially, decision-making was supposed to take place by December 2023, but some factors such as municipal elections and obstacles meant that the decision was postponed more than 4 times. The measure in question has as its main objective to bring more legal stability, making Brazil a safer and more attractive option for international investors, especially due to its great potential in clean and renewable energy sources.

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Learn more about how artificial intelligence works

With the boom of the internet and technologies in recent decades, humanity has experienced significant advancement in several sectors, the most notable being, perhaps, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI). AI-based tools offer quick and effective solutions for a variety of tasks, from automating processes to creating new content, making life extremely easier and making people who use them “save time”.

AI, by reducing the need for human effort to perform complex tasks, has the potential to change the way we work, interact and even understand our own ability to think and act. This efficiency facilitator has been gaining ground in practically all aspects of daily and professional life, and what was supposed to be just a facilitating shortcut, often becomes the main tool for carrying out primarily human acts, many of the things that are being made by smart technology are being signed by humans.

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Limiting factors for regulation

The artificial intelligence regulation project was experiencing some impasses. On the one hand, the productive sector felt that the rules could be exaggerated and hinder the development of AI in less critical areas, and, on the other, more conservative sectors were afraid that holding platforms accountable would end up limiting freedom of expression. To try to resolve this, the rapporteur made some important adjustments: he removed measures that could increase costs for companies and focused on higher risk technologies, those that really affect people's lives.

Furthermore, he treated micro-enterprises and startups differently, which helped gain the support of entities such as FIESP and the CNI, who were previously against, but are now in favor of the project. Even so, the rapporteur still had to dialogue with the opposition to ensure that the regulation was not seen as a form of censorship

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