Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday, 24 May 2023

This is not the END – this where you START

 


 

On 22 May 2023, I launched following SURVEY, Till this morning, some 38 persons have responded as follows

Why do I expect many more to respond in the days to come ?

You will find some clues at the bottom of this POLL

In the years to come, this POLL will come to serve as a POLE star for the AI community

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZzNPQV9TKIC0sd6J2NzBvaODVOf_TJ8Zi91FybDyshEdcsQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.hemenparekh.ai  /  25  May  2023

 

Srl No

Rule   governing   Chatbot

%Agree

 

 

 

1

 

Answers being delivered by AI Chatbot must not be “ Mis-informative /

     Malicious / Slanderous / Fictitious / Dangerous / Provocative / Abusive /

     Arrogant / Instigating / Insulting / Denigrating humans etc

 

94.7

 

 

 

2

 

Answers being delivered by AI Chatbot must not be “ Mis-informative /

     Malicious / Slanderous / Fictitious / Dangerous / Provocative / Abusive /

     Arrogant / Instigating / Insulting / Denigrating humans etc

 

97.4

 

 

 

3

 

Every Chatbot must incorporate some built-in “ Controls “ to prevent the “

    generation “ of such offensive answers AND to prevent further “

    distribution/propagation/forwarding “ if control fails to stop “ generation “

 

97.4

 

 

 

4

 

A Chatbot must not start a chat with a human on its own – except to say, “ How can

 

I help you ? “

 

86.8

 

 

 

5

 

Under no circumstance , a Chatbot shall start chatting with another

 

Chatbot or start chatting with itself ( Soliloquy ) , by assuming some kind of

 

“ Split Personality “

 

97.4

 

 

 

6

 

In a normal course, a Chatbot shall wait for a human to initiate a chat and then

 

respond

 

89.5

 

 

 

7

 

All developers would need to submit their DRAFT CHATBOT to an,

 INTERNATIONAL  AUTHORITY for CHATBOTS APPROVAL ( IACA ) ,

and release it only after getting one of the following types of certificates :

 #   “ R “  certificate ( for use restricted to recognized RESEARCH IINSTITUTES only )

#   “ P “  certificate  ( for free use by GENERAL PUBLIC )

 

94.7

 

 

 

8

 

If a Chatbot determines that its answer ( to a question posed by a human ) is

     likely to generate an answer  which may violate RULE ( A ) , then it shall not

     answer at all ( politely refusing to answer )

 

86.8

 

 

 

9

 

A chatbot found to be violating any of the above-mentioned RULES,

 

shall SELF DESTRUCT

 

78.9

 

 

 

 

EU, Google to develop voluntary AI pact ahead of new AI rules, EU's Breton says    .. Reuters / 25 May

 

Extract :

Alphabet (GOOGL.O) and the European Commission aim to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) pact involving European and non-European companies before rules are established to govern the technology, EU industry chief Thierry Breton ( cab-breton-contact@ec.europa.eu ), said on Wednesday.

Breton earlier met Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet, in Brussels.

"Sundar and I agreed that we cannot afford to wait until AI regulation actually becomes applicable, and to work together with all AI developers to already develop an AI pact on a voluntary basis ahead of the legal deadline," Breton said in a statement.

He also urged EU countries and EU lawmakers to finalise details of the Commission's proposed AI rules before the end of the year. Both groups have yet to start negotiations to iron out their differences.

Concern is mounting about fast-developing AI's potential to upend the way society and businesses operate. Governments are scrambling to find a way to rein in negative consequences without losing the benefits, or stifling innovation.

EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, who also met Pichai, underlined the need to act together. ( margrethe-vestager-contact@ec.europa.eu )

 "We need the AI Act as soon as possible. But AI technology evolves at extreme speed. So we need voluntary agreement on universal rules for AI now," she said in a tweet.

The European Union and the United States plan to step up cooperation on artificial intelligence to establish minimum standards before legislation enters force, Vestager said on Tuesday.

Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said she voiced her concerns to Pichai about the spread of pro-Kremlin war propaganda and disinformation on Google's products and services and the risks of disinformation in EU and national elections. [ cab-jourova-contact@ec.europa.eu ]

Pichai agreed to look into problems faced by independent Russian media in monetising their content in Russia on YouTube, Jourova said.

 

 

Centre has started consultations on principles, guardrails for AI, says MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar

(  Eco Times  -  25  May  2023  )

Extract :

The Centre has started internal consultations on the PRINCIPLES and GUARDRAILS for the use of Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) in language learning models and by companies, the minister of state for electronics and information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said

“ Consultation has already started……….. in the Digital India Act, a whole chapter is going to be devoted to emerging technologies which is not about AI only, but multiple other technologies as well…….. On how we would REGULATE them through the prism of user harm “, Chandrasekhar told reporters on the side lines of an event here in New Delhi

Though India would be open to the idea of companies across the globe coming together to form a partnership to better regulate AI, it would not mean cessations of government efforts to create additional SAFETY  GUIDELINES , he said

“ If there is eventually a United Nations of AI, more power to it. But that does not stop us from doing what is right for our DIGITAL CITIZENS and keeping the internet safe and trusted “ , Chandrasekhar said

 

ChatGPT Will Now Use Microsoft's Bing AI Search Engine Data    …………..  CNet   / 24 May 2023

Extract :

Microsoft announced Tuesday that OpenAI is using data from the Bing search engine to help improve its ChatGPT chatbot. Incorporating Bing data allows the chatbot to provide real-time information to users, but at first, you'll have to pay a monthly premium for ChatGPT Plus to use it.

 

Hey Readers ,

 

If ChatGPT were to be responding to above POLL , how would it respond ? Agree or Disagree ?

My following question to ChatGPT provides some clue :

 

My poser to ChatGPT :

I agree but based on the fact that you are a Chatbot yourself , and claim to be governed by some moral / ethical / self-regulating STANDARDS, what %age figures, do you expect , which will NOT surprise you ?

 

ChatGPT replied :

As an AI language model, I don't have personal opinions or expectations.

However, based on common ethical considerations and expectations from chatbots, I would expect a high percentage of agreement with rules that promote responsible and safe interactions with chatbots.

These may include rules against delivering misleading, malicious, or offensive information, as well as rules regarding appropriate initiation of conversations and self-regulation.

It is difficult to provide an exact percentage without conducting an actual survey.

However, it is reasonable to expect a significant majority of respondents to agree with these ethical standards, potentially exceeding 90% agreement.

 

  

 

 

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Census App : a precursor to VotesApp ?

 


 

Context :

Centre plans to introduce electronic census system, Bill to connect birth and death data likely soon

(  ET  -  23 May 2023 )

 

Extract :

Union government plans to put in place a new electronic census system

The electronic census system will allow every individual to personally provide their information that will be further verified and processed under 35 socio-economic parameters


………planning to introduce a bill………. that would help establish a connection between birth and death records and electoral rolls ..

With this all the registrations regarding birth and death will be made online…….

…under the new process, the data of all the individuals will be segregated in a manner that any person turning 18 will be automatically shared with the Election Commission and a voter card will be issued.

 

Also in case of death the same data will be shared by the census registrar and EC will remove the data from the voter list.

The mobile app, equipped with geo-fencing technology, is seen as a mechanism that will authenticate all the real data in a much more transparent manner and authorities can monitor if the data was actually collected by visiting the particular block or were just random fake entries

 

The digitised system is also likely to streamline the process of issuing driving licenses , passports and help in the “ right “ inclusion of individuals for the government welfare schemes

 

 


My  Take :

 

 

 

Thank You, Amitbhai Shah

 

Your initiative will revolutionize “ E GOVERNANCE “  and accelerate “  EASE  of  LIVING 

With this reform , it should now become easy to introduce simultaneous / one day VOTING, using Mobile App :

 

VotesAPP ………….. 18  Aug  2013

 

 

Ø  Census 2021 : an Unprecedented Opportunity ………………….. 11  Apr  2019

 


Extract :

 

Herein lies that “ Unprecedented Opportunity

 

Here is how :

 

#     In Census Form , add following optional fields :

 

·          Aadhar ID

 

·          PAN

 

·          Mobile Phone Number

 

·          E Mail ID – to be treated as “ User ID “ for accessing own data for EDIT

           purpose

 

       Password – for EDITING own data, online , at any time

 

·          Voter ID

 

#     Once the enumerators have uploaded all 2021 Census data in Online

       Database, enable each  Registered person to Update / Edit ,  his / her

       data , by logging in

       

#     Personal Data may be updated as follows :

 

·          Once a year ( Mandatory ) – some service deprived if he / she does not

           update

·          As often as personal data changes

 

 

 

Hey ! Why would anyone take the trouble to update his personal data ?

 

Normally not but he would if following INCENTIVES are offered ( for details, read the blog / email ):

 

[  A  ]     Getting a Job

 

[  B  ]     Getting Money

 

[  C   ]     Getting Skills

 

[  D  ]     Getting Rewards

 

 

What would be the “ Road Map “ to  implement this suggestion ?

 

 

·          Redesign the Census Form and get wide acceptance of the same

 

·          Redesign the “ Data Entry “ and  “ Data Edit “ software

 

·          Design “ Data Access Permission “ software which will enable a Citizen to

          grant different levels of “ access “

 

           to “ Daughter Databases “ ( see Schematic Diagram below ), by

          appropriate selection in Census Form

 

·          Get job portals to redesign their forms , described earlier – as also develop “

          Job Alert on Mobile –JAM “ app

 

·          By Dec 2019 , run a trial ( Pilot Project ) and carry out necessary

           modifications to Census Form 

     

 







 

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.hemenparekh.ai   /  24  May  2023

 

 

Related Readings ( 12 ) :

 

Ø  Not an easy task  ………………………………… …………………….02 June 2022

Ø  Thank You, Shri Amitbhai Shah  ………………………………… 09 May 2022

Ø  India’s Population Census Form…………………………………… [ 10 April 2019 ]

Ø   Confused about CENSUS - NPR - NRC ? ………………………[ 24 Dec 2019 ]

Ø  A Case of Mistaken Identity ? ……………………………………… [ 28  Dec 2019 ]

Ø   Unprecedented Opportunity Seized ! ………………………….[ 18 Jan 2020 ]

Ø   Unending Caravan of Data-Bases ? …………………………. [  20  Jan  2020  ]

Ø  2021-22 Budget Blues : Digital Census  ……………………….[ 02 Feb 2021 ]

Ø  Pandora’s Box ?  ……………………………………………………………. 02 Sept 2021

Ø  How many NATIONAL databases of Indian Citizen ?  .. ….03 July 2021

Ø  I am One , I will become Many ………………………………………….06 Jan 2020 

Ø       Universal Payments ID : How about Unique Personal ID ?  .. 06 Apr 2021

 

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