STATEMENT
of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation
in connection with the development of artificial intelligence technologies
We, the members of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation Parliamentary Assembly,
Observing the high rates of spread of artificial intelligence (hereinafter – AI) technologies as a kind of information and communication technologies (ICT),
Noting that many States of the world have declared the development of AI technologies among the priorities of their domestic and foreign policies,
adopting their own AI strategies, emphasising that the development of AI technologies is already influencing international policy,
Recognising that AI technologies can be widely applied to achieve sustainable development goals, to address global challenges, including climate change, poverty alleviation, cross-border crime and terrorism,
Sharing at the same time the concern that AI, as a form of ICT, is becoming a new vulnerability for the international security system, ranging from destructive influence on mass consciousness, provoking conflict potential in society to interfering with the critical infrastructure of states and security systems,
Stressing in this regard the urgent need for a global consensus on safe, secure and reliable AI systems,
Declare the following.
1. We welcome strategic planning documents of states that define exclusively humane goals for the use of AI to increase the welfare and quality of life of the population, ensure national security and law enforcement, and enhance economic competitiveness.
2. We advocate that the development and use of AI technologies in the civil sphere should be regulated, controlled, safe, reliable and aimed at solving the most important problems of society and humanity.
3. We believe that the consideration of issues of international regulation of the development and use of AI in the civil sphere should be carried out under the auspices of the UN in an interstate format, based on due consideration of the interests of all countries of the world.
4. We consider inadmissible the politicisation of the issue of AI technologies and their regulation, as well as the creation of artificial restrictions on access to these technologies and the infrastructure necessary for their development.
5. We call for active international cooperation on a non-discriminatory basis in the development and application of AI in the civil sphere, as well as in building the infrastructure necessary for the development of AI.
6. We call for the active introduction and use of the achievements of the CSTO member states in the field of AI, the development of national software in the field of big data, the strengthening of information and cognitive security, and the control of data circulation in order to avoid damage to national security and the interests of citizens.
7. We declare our intention to do everything in our power to create a comfortable jurisdiction in the CSTO area of responsibility for the development of AI. We note the timeliness of the elaboration of recommendations for CSTO member states on the creation of mutually beneficial principles for the development of national legislation in the field of the formation and use of big data and in the field of the creation of artificial intelligence and robotics in order to ensure national security. We call on the parliaments of the countries of the world to work together in this direction.
8. We are convinced that the technological world of the future must be multipolar and built on the basis of mutual respect, trust and co-operation. We are ready to jointly promote this approach with interested States and their associations.
