Key Takeaways
- Pakistan stressed the need to prevent AI from becoming a tool in the arms race.
- Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar called for human control and international collaboration.
- Pakistan welcomed the first UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva.
Pakistan has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to exercise caution in the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that the technology should not become 'another facet of the ongoing arms race.'
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar delivered Pakistan's statement at the UNSC meeting, where he highlighted the importance of ensuring that AI does not contribute to heightened tensions and conflicts.
Dar emphasized the need for 'concerted efforts' to establish 'necessary guardrails, regulations, and governance frameworks' to address the risks associated with AI in the military domain, including measures of restraint and confidence-building.
During the meeting, executives from major AI firms, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, briefed the council on the current state of AI and its potential implications for international security.
Altman and Amodei pledged to proceed with caution, with Altman stating, 'This moment calls for extreme care.'
Pakistan's deputy premier also stressed the importance of retaining human judgement and control in all stages of AI design, development, and integration, ensuring that the technology does not become a 'monopoly of a few actors.'
He called for international collaboration in AI development, noting that AI is 'supercharging existing challenges such as misinformation, fake news, and cyber attacks.'
Dar further warned against efforts to pace the AI frontier becoming a new form of 'gatekeeping' or instruments of 'denial of technology,' emphasizing the need for decisions on AI risk management to involve a broad range of stakeholders.
The deputy premier called for AI governance to be taken up in 'representative and inclusive forums with universal participation under UN auspices,' highlighting Pakistan's founding membership in the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO).
We must ensure that AI does not become another facet of the ongoing arms race.
Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan
This moment calls for extreme care.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI
