Some key aspects of AI sovereignty include:
- Data sovereignty - The ability to keep key data sets within the country to train AI systems domestically rather than relying on data or AI from other nations.
- Technology sovereignty - The presence of a robust domestic AI research and development ecosystem, including academic research institutions and private technology companies working on AI. This reduces dependence on foreign AI.
- Regulatory sovereignty - The ability to craft regulations around AI development and applications that align with the nation's priorities, values and laws. Rather than adopting one-size-fits-all international frameworks.
- Economic sovereignty - Nurturing an AI ecosystem that creates economic growth and jobs domestically. Preventing extraction of profits by foreign Big Tech firms.
- Ethics sovereignty - Establishing ethical guidelines for AI aligned with the moral values of the populace. For example, around use of facial recognition, algorithmic biases, automation's impact on employment etc.
- National security sovereignty - Safeguarding sensitive public sector and military AI applications related to defense, intelligence, infrastructure security etc. from foreign powers.
The concept recognizes AI's broad social impacts and posits that democratic self-determination may require nations to exert more control over transformative technologies. However, balancing interests across public, private and international spheres remains challenging. The geopolitical rivalries around AI leadership further complicate matters. But "AI sovereignty" is likely to become a more prominent public policy debate as adoption accelerates.
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