How Democracies Should Respond to PRC’s Emergence as an “AI” Superpower

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AI SUPERPOWER ?

Audrey Tang, DIGITALMINISTER . TW

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đ&#x;‡šđ&#x;‡ź RADICAL TRANSPARENCY đ&#x;‡¨đ&#x;‡ł Social Credit

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đ&#x;‡¨đ&#x;‡ł “Social Creditâ€? System đ&#x;ŽĽ Tracks public behaviors comprehensively. đ&#x;Ľ• Offers preferential treatment in education, employment, household registration, etc. đ&#x;—Ą Shames with disclosure of violators’ names, denial of travel on airplanes, highspeed trains, etc.

âš ď¸? Potential Dangers đ&#x;‡¨đ&#x;‡ł Exporting totalitarian technologies through its “Belt and Roadâ€? initiative. đ&#x;‡¨đ&#x;‡ł Mining surveillance and profiling materials through face recognition apps. đ&#x;‡¨đ&#x;‡ł Shaping a “rule-by-lawâ€? instrumental norm contrary to rule-of-law principles.

đ&#x;“ś CLEAN PATH (2013-) ✓ All 5 telcos in đ&#x;‡šđ&#x;‡ź are listed in the Clean Network program, among đ&#x;‡Źđ&#x;‡§đ&#x;‡¨đ&#x;‡żđ&#x;‡ľđ&#x;‡ąđ&#x;‡¸đ&#x;‡Şđ&#x;‡Şđ&#x;‡Şđ&#x;‡ˇđ&#x;‡´đ&#x;‡Šđ&#x;‡°đ&#x;‡ąđ&#x;‡ťđ&#x;‡Źđ&#x;‡ˇđ&#x;‡Ťđ&#x;‡ˇđ&#x;‡Žđ&#x;‡łđ&#x;‡Śđ&#x;‡şđ&#x;‡°đ&#x;‡ˇ đ&#x;‡Żđ&#x;‡ľđ&#x;‡¨đ&#x;‡Śđ&#x;‡şđ&#x;‡¸ counterparts that rejects đ&#x;‡¨đ&#x;‡ł suppliers.

đ&#x;“œ CLEAN PROCUREMENT (2014-) ✓ For đ&#x;‡šđ&#x;‡ź government projects with sensitive, national security (incl. cybersecurity) concerns, the tender documents must reject đ&#x;‡¨đ&#x;‡ł suppliers.

đ&#x;“š CLEAN DEVICES (2018-) ✓ đ&#x;‡šđ&#x;‡ź established 7 IoT cybersecurity standards. ✓ 27 IP Cams from 10 vendors have obtained đ&#x;‡šđ&#x;‡ź national standard certificates from 10 labs.