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These are the new rules about AI that federal government workers have to follow (www.cbc.ca)
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The federal government has introduced new guidelines for employees who want to use artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT on the job to ensure the technology is being used responsibly, says Treasury Board President Anita Anand.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The federal government has introduced new guidelines for employees who want to use artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT on the job to ensure the technology is being used responsibly, says Treasury Board President Anita Anand.

Anand said the guidelines, which complement the existing directive to government departments on artificial intelligence, provide preliminary guidance to employees and will be updated as needed.

While the Treasury Board's guidelines for generative AI recommend that federal institutions explore ways to use these tools, it also warns of risks — including cybersecurity threats, bias, violations of privacy and inaccurate information.

The guidelines define generative AI as technology that "produces content such as text, audio, code, videos and images" for things like chatbots, e-mails, briefing notes, research or programming.

If a department uses generative AI to respond to a citizen, answer questions via a chatbot, create a document or make a decision, it should be transparent about using the technology, the guidelines say.

Chris Aylward, president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), said unions and workers should be consulted when the government wants to start using artificial intelligence tools or systems.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's absolutely no part of generative AI that is possible in a Canadian government setting.

If your local or federal government isn't keeping your data sovereign and can prove so then you need to raise the biggest stink about ID theft and foreign influence you can.

It's not about how bad the GPT responses can get technically, or how confidently GPT can give you the wrong info, but about risking your info going out or risking foreign involvement in decisions and planning. Because it cannot be proved that using a generative AI for decisions will only use domestic commiting resources now and that we'll know if that changes.

People who cling to this plan despite that fact will need some serious questioning. We have enough foreign involvement already ; have you met the Opposition?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There is so much more to gov work than what you think. There are thousands of internal admin and analytical positions and reporting that citizens will never know about because it’s process work to help other workers.

You speak with absolute certainty and yet you have virtually no idea what goes on in an actual government.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There are thousands of internal admin and analytical positions and reporting that citizens will never know about because it’s process work to help other workers.

Meaning that the foreign influence he speaks of already found its way in via the admin staff?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not even remotely what was said but it sounds like you’re very confident with your assertion so there’s no point conversing further.

Have a good night mister pigeon.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Perhaps you misread the first comment, then? He did not imply nobody in government would find utility in generative AI, but that they would not be able to use it as there is no way to ensure that foreign influence and interference doesn't show up in the results.

It seemed that maybe you were implying that it doesn't matter as the interference is already there through the support staff, so who cares if it also comes by way of generative production, but it really was not clear. It turns out you were really just rambling on about nothing and unhappy that someone noticed?