Minister Habijan from Paris: If things don't change, Europe can hardly compete

Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation Damir Habijan participates together with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković at the AI Action Summit in Paris. For RTL Danas programme, he spoke about the AI summit

The Minister said that the Declaration on Artificial Intelligence was still being honed and that Croatia would sign it.

He singled out three key messages that should come out of it. The first refers to the issue of regulation, specifically, legal formulation of artificial intelligence. As the Minister explained, it should not hold back progress, innovation and development, but provide an impetus to it.

The second thing, referring to regulation at the global level, is that it should not be fragmented, given that the European Union has adopted and adopted an act on artificial intelligence that Croatia as a member of the European Union will transpose into its own system. And the third message about artificial intelligence is that it should give impetus to development, fight against climate change, medicine, education and other segments of society- 
 
Croatia’s presence at the signing of the Declaration on Artificial Intelligence crucial

He stressed that it was crucial for Croatia to be present at the signing of the Declaration.

"As small as Croatia is in terms of territory and population, I think we have to be here, especially if we consider projects coming to Croatia from the private sector. So far, 85 companies have got involved with artificial intelligence in some way and more than $100 million in investment over the past year has come from this sector”, the Minister underlined.

He pointed out the fact that artificial intelligence will definitely shut down certain jobs, but also the predictions that by 2030 it will create a number of new jobs that we may not even suspect at this time.
 
We need to become aware of AI and define our direction 

“The problem with AI and its regulation is actually that we are regulating something we don't even know what it will look like. There are also two different approaches, where the European Union is striving towards a stronger regulation, unlike America and China, which are doing it rather loosely. In a way, if Europe and the EU continue in this direction, the question is whether they will be able to remain competitive with America and China. These are some of the crucial matters the EU needs to consider", he said.

The Minister believes that we need to become aware of AI. “It is not a distant future, but something that is present. I think it is crucial at the moment to determine the direction we are heading and whether we are moving towards stronger regulation. Four key risks have been identified in the European Union, and, on the other hand, we see America and China looking at these matters quite liberally. In my opinion, and in the opinion of the Government, if Europe continues this way, it will hardly be able to compete with American and Chinese companies”,  Habijan said, also warning of the risk that AI companies could start leaving the European Union because of excessive regulation.

Source: RTL/Government

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