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With the presence of authorities, parliamentarians, exhibitors and guests, a new edition of the Future Congress 2024 began. This Tuesday, January 16, the CF version will also be held in Valparaíso.
Positioning Chile's leadership in a world where Artificial Intelligence (AI) contributes to the development of societies and strengthening democracies is one of the objectives of the thirteenth edition of the Future Congress that opened this Monday, January 15, at the CEINA Cultural Center in Santiago.
On the occasion and, with the presence of the highest authorities of the country, led by the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric; the heads of the Senate, Juan Antonio Coloma; from the Lower House, Ricardo Cifuentes; of the representative of the Supreme Court, ministers of State, parliamentarians, in addition to former president Sebastián Piñera, national and international speakers and guests, this new edition of the Future Congress 2024 began.
It should be noted that, this Tuesday, January 16 , starting at 9 a.m., the CF version will also be held in the Hall of Honor of the Congress in Valparaíso ( see related note ) which will be broadcast on TV Senate .
In this edition, the invitation of the meeting was to address the "ethical and governance concerns, and the opportunities and challenges that AI brings to our society."
The president of the Senate, Juan Antonio Coloma , spoke at the inauguration ceremony and highlighted that in this meeting “one of the most exciting topics to reflect on is the future of AI, which is a living intelligence… and which means taking charge with the human talents, of the future to come.”
He specified that “the challenge is broad and powerful”… “scientist Stephen Hawking pointed out that the success of AI would be the greatest event in the history of humanity but it could also be the last, unless we can take advantage of its virtues and eliminate its risks.”
Senator Francisco Chahuán , deputy president of the Commission on Future Challenges, Science, Technology and Innovation, highlighted that “this meeting, which is celebrating its 13th anniversary, has become the fourth most important scientific event in the world and our commission has been working on issues , such as the protection of neurorights, the first Cybersecurity framework law for Latin America and the Caribbean, the human genome and now the legislation in relation to AI.”
Likewise, he asked the Executive to allocate 1% of GDP to innovation, science and technology and to work together in a national pact to find the solutions that Chileans are asking of us.”
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The President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric , in his speech pledged his government's will to move forward and "to be able to meet the goal of 1 percent of GDP spending being on R&D."
He specified that "taking due precautions and cultivating critical awareness, AI will be a great tool for the development of Chile and Latin America in their efforts to achieve higher degrees of well-being for people and respect and harmony with the environment." , explained the president.
