Embrace new AI technology ChatGPT or regulate it? That is the question for Hong Kong special task force
- ChatGPT’s increasing popularity has drawn polarised responses as some welcome it while others ban it
- City’s government balances keeping up with technology while making sure advances are used correctly, says secretary
Hong Kong plans to set up a special task force to recommend the best way to navigate the “revolutionary” disruption caused by controversial artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, the city’s technology chief has said.
The government had kept a watchful eye on uses of artificial intelligence that might require regulation through legislation, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong said on Friday.
“We have always been concerned about maintaining the pace of technological development in the face of fierce competition while ensuring these technological advances are used correctly,” he said. “We hope to have the opportunity to talk more about it with the industry.”
The technology minister pointed to the recent global debate surrounding ChatGPT.
The chatbot application can give humanlike responses on topics from politics to sports to science, made possible through machine learning algorithms trained with vast amounts of wide-ranging data.