(Telestock) – From the thorny issue of artificial intelligence to UN reform via Ukraine and Lebanon: Prime Minister Meloni takes stock of participation to the United Nations General Assembly. “As you have seen, many things have happened in these three days now,” he said at last night’s press briefing.
“We started with a series of meetings with some of the most prominent figures in the world of business and innovation. As you have seen, we met with the CEOs of Motorola, Google, OpenAI, and obviously also Elon Musk, to address and continue to do this work that we are doing particularly on the governance of artificial intelligence, but also to evaluate opportunities for greater investments in our nation”, said the Prime Minister.
Then there is “tthe whole part concerning the United Nations which began with the intervention on the Pact for the Future, where Italy, as always, outlined its priorities, from support for Ukraine through the work we are doing in the attempt to de-escalate in the Middle East, the reform of the UN Security Council, the government of artificial intelligence, the work that Italy is carrying out in Africa also as a starting point for a new model of cooperation, the issue of the fight against human traffickers”.
“Obviously, these are all subjects that will also return in the speech I will give later at the General Assembly – clearly it will be broader, we will also deal with the subject of Latin America. In short, the big questions that Italy raises are the ones you have already heard.”
The challenge of artificial intelligence – “We are witnessing the disruptive advent of generative artificial intelligence, a revolution that raises completely new questions. Although I am not sure it is correct to call it intelligence. Because intelligent is the one who asks the questions, not the one who gives the answers by processing the data. In any case, it is a technology that, unlike all those we have seen throughout history, designs a world in which progress no longer optimizes human skills, but can replace them, with consequences that risk being dramatic especially in the labor market, verticalizing and increasingly concentrating wealth. It is no coincidence that Italy wanted this issue to be at the center of the agenda of its G7 presidency”, said Meloni.
About Lebanon – “I believe that the great challenge is to – there too – somehow reach a ceasefire. I think that Israel has the right to defend itself as always but I think that a large-scale war in Lebanon is in no way convenient for anyone so we are continuing to pass on our messages of moderation, we are working as always with our allies also in our capacity as G7 Presidents and with them we must evaluate what initiatives, if any, should be carried forward, but there are discussions that are moving, clearly starting from the need for everyone to take a few steps back. “The situation worries me.”