A law made by ChatGPT is a bold step in Brazil to take advantage of artificial intelligence

2023-12-10 2023-12-10T09:09:52Z

Weather of Arabia - Officials in the city of Porto Alegre in Brazil issued what is believed to be the first legislation in the country that was written entirely by artificial intelligence, even if they were not aware of it at the time it was issued. The experimental decree was approved in October, and a council member revealed Ramiro Rosario reported this week that it was written by a chatbot, raising questions about the role of artificial intelligence in formulating public policy.

Rosario said he asked ChatGPT to draft a proposal to ban charging taxpayers to replace water meters in the event of theft, then presented it to his peers on the council without them knowing its origin. Despite the emerging controversy, the council unanimously approved the law, which went into effect in November.

ChatGPT Effects in Politics... Controversy and Unexpected Use in Brazil

Since ChatGPT hit the market just a year ago, it has sparked global debate about the impacts of intelligent AI-driven chatbots, and while some see it as a promising tool, it has also raised concerns and concerns about unintended or unwanted impacts in the areas of machine interaction. Currently managed by humans.

In the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, the second most populous city with 1.3 million people, the head of the local council, Hamilton Sosmeyer, discovered that a council member had used ChatGPT to write a law proposal, and although he considered this a “dangerous precedent” at first, it The council unanimously approved the law, but no one knew the origin of the proposal.

The large AI-based language models that support chatbots, such as ChatGPT, rely on guessing the next word in the sentence, and are vulnerable to fabricating false information. Recent research indicates that all chatbots may provide incorrect information sometimes, and the error rate ranges from 3% For the GPT model advanced to about 27% for the Google model.

Perlman, dean of Suffolk University School of Law, believes the use of ChatGPT may herald an important shift in policy, but he warns of its potential drawbacks, as robots may not always be able to take into account the details and complexities of the law, leading to problems with deep legal analysis in some cases. .

Using ChatGPT to draft a bill on artificial intelligence

In Massachusetts, Democratic Senator Barry Feingold relied on ChatGPT to help him craft a bill aimed at regulating AI models, including ChatGPT itself. The project was introduced earlier this year, and has yet to be voted on.

Speaking by phone on Wednesday, Finegold noted that ChatGPT can be helpful in routine tasks of the law drafting process, such as quickly and accurately searching and citing existing laws, and emphasized the importance of transparency in the use of AI technology in this context. Finegold said:

“We want there to be a clear indication that the work is being produced using ChatGPT,” he said, adding that he supports using the technology to draft invoices as long as it remains clear.

In contrast to what happened in Porto Alegre, Feingold emphasized the importance of transparency in the process of drafting laws using technology. While Porto Alegre City Council President Hamilton Sosmeyer explained that Rosario's keeping the origin of the proposal a secret was intentional, he said that the goal was not a solution to a local problem. Not only, but also to spark discussion. He added:

“I am convinced that humanity will witness a new technological revolution,” “All the tools we have developed as a civilization can be used for evil and good. That is why we have to show how they can be used for good.”