Artificial Intelligence, here is the Italian plan

The work of a task force, the indications received from the public consultation and finally a large conclusive document that contains the Italian compass for AI: MISE has published the "Italian Strategy for Artificial Intelligence", a document that contains the vision that the country intends to express in the years to come in terms of investments and legislation.

The plan is available here.

Italian strategy for artificial intelligence

A long and necessary preamble occupies three quarters of the document. This is not a mere exercise in style: the plan must first of all define the problem and be able to self-explain both in terms and in the approach. Here are the reasons why the set of elements that defines and surrounds Artificial Intelligence is enucleated, what is the context within which it is developed and what are the limits that you want to put there (in reference to the risks that can be glimpsed) .

So the Undersecretary Mirella Liuzzi in presenting the plan:

The publication of this ambitious strategic plan, among the most complete in the world for vision, suggests an unprecedented and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence showing the way for a leap towards new levels of efficiency and sustainability for businesses. The goal is to reap the benefits that AI can bring to the country, with an approach that integrates technology and sustainable development and always puts the individual and his context at the center.

The heart of the project is inherent in the 82 recommendations , 82 stakes that mark the boundaries of the idea of “Artificial Intelligence” that Italy intends to bring forward. “ Italy must be the spokesperson at european and global level a responsible approach to artificial intelligence “, states the document, which continues with “ The government needs to align itself to the elaboration of european theme of ethical principles ” or The “ vision of AI must be anthropocentric “. The recommendations continue with a focus on sustainability, the role of the PA, the european governance on the theme, training and much more.

this Is, by the explicit will, a document that the non-fixed elements are too restrictive, to avoid a run-up that inevitably penalizes a vision too precise and rooted in a context that is changing rapidly. What emerges then is a vision that should be guided by the Italian Institute for Artificial Intelligence (that would respond to the director's cabin inter-ministerial on the digital transformation of the Country), and whose implementation would have cost increasing by 28.2 million euros initial to 81 million “up to speed” from the fifth year onwards.