Can AI be used in politics? Obviously, yes. Bruno Le Maire experienced this by asking ChatGPT to write him a speech. And the Minister was impressed by the result obtained in a few minutes…
At a time when many are worried about the capabilities of artificial intelligence, in particular generative systems such as ChatGPT – as evidenced by the open letter in which digital personalities ask for a moratorium – politicians are wondering about the measures to be taken to regulate this technology which can very quickly lead to abuses. And if some leave it to the experts, others want to judge for themselves. This is particularly the case of Bruno Lemaire, who had fun testing ChatGPT by asking OpenAI’s AI to write him a speech. And the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty was greatly impressed by the result, as he explained in the C-media program, broadcast on April 2, 2023 on France 5.
Experienced in the exercise – he notably once wrote speeches for Jacques Chirac and Dominique de Villepin – Bruno Le Maire asked ChatGPT to write a speech on Xi Jinping’s China in 2023. “I had a pretty smart, well-structured speech in exactly five minutes. Where twenty years ago it would have taken me three or four hours to give this speech”explained the minister on the set of the show. Admitting that this technology is “quite fascinating”, he specifies that the AI “poses many ethical difficulties” and that its use must be supervised. “I think that we must very quickly initiate a reflection on the best possible regulation of ChatGPT which must be carried out at national and European level”, estimates the minister, who does not however wish to block its use, as has just been pointed out. do Italy (see our article).
While questioning in particular the origin of the data, the indication of the sources, the remuneration of the press articles or researchers who are used by these systems, the Minister underlines the dangers that AI represents in terms of disinformation. , alluding to the false images that have circulated in recent weeks on Internal and social networks, such as the image of the Pope in a rapper’s down jacket. “It will be much less funny when you have a political figure who will be made to make racist or homophobic remarks, without specifying that it is a montage”regretted the minister.