President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko stated that he does not believe in artificial intelligence overtaking human beings, responding to questions from BPC participants following his Address to the Belarusian People and the National Assembly at the second session of the 7th Belarusian People’s Congress on December 18th
Andrei Krivosheev, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Union of Journalists, asked the President for his thoughts on the neural network revolution — are we overestimating its capabilities, or does the future really lie in smart digitalisation?
Aleksandr Lukashenko honestly admitted that it was difficult for him to comment on this topic, as he is a ‘moderately conservative person’. The President stated that when he visited the UAE, he listened to several lectures regarding AI and IT by leading American and Chinese experts working there, but even they could not give a definite answer to the question of where the neural network revolution would lead.
“That is why I hold you back in certain ways, slowing you down, so that we do not get carried away with these technologies. Although I must say frankly that artificial intelligence has achieved its nasty goal to some extent,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
The President used the rise of deepfake videos as an example — some of which are quite capable of turning the country upside down, “That is why we have to take this into account. But I don't believe that artificial intelligence, which we’ve made with our brains, can overcome us and that we will no longer be needed. I would not want some machine or computer to replace us. I don’t see that happening.”
Andrei Krivosheev, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Union of Journalists, asked the President for his thoughts on the neural network revolution — are we overestimating its capabilities, or does the future really lie in smart digitalisation?
Aleksandr Lukashenko honestly admitted that it was difficult for him to comment on this topic, as he is a ‘moderately conservative person’. The President stated that when he visited the UAE, he listened to several lectures regarding AI and IT by leading American and Chinese experts working there, but even they could not give a definite answer to the question of where the neural network revolution would lead.
“That is why I hold you back in certain ways, slowing you down, so that we do not get carried away with these technologies. Although I must say frankly that artificial intelligence has achieved its nasty goal to some extent,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
The President used the rise of deepfake videos as an example — some of which are quite capable of turning the country upside down, “That is why we have to take this into account. But I don't believe that artificial intelligence, which we’ve made with our brains, can overcome us and that we will no longer be needed. I would not want some machine or computer to replace us. I don’t see that happening.”
