Deschandelliers (FEP): Poisonous Mushrooms, “the EU AI ACT was Necessary”
“If you are not sure a mushroom is poisonous, just taste it”. A sample of how AI-generated cooking books could be dangerous. When Mr Quentin Deschandelliers, the legal advisor of FEP (the Federation of European Publishers, working in 29 European countries), mentions it to me, he can’t conceal his concerns about the impact of AI on the publishing market. EU AI Act “was necessary”, he tells me.
How do you consider the EU AI Act as a whole?
“It was both necessary and an excellent first step.
It was necessary because AI has become a big revolution in terms of impact. The EU needed to intervene, and it became the first region in the world to have proper rules instead of waiting for AI to be established and then trying to fix the issues.
It is a good first step because the Act acknowledges the risks that AI could represent in many ways. It puts down common-sense obligations, primarily related to transparency because it requires companies to be clear about how they use AI. Most companies that are used to training AI do it without authorization. Ricardo Levi, the president of FEP, often says the AI Act is about resolving the original sin of Artificial Intelligence, which is illegally training with black box models.”
