This Comment was written by B.A.M. and was submitted for publication with the permission of the panel’s secretariat, on behalf of the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, which includes the following: Maria Ressa (co-chair), Yoshua Bengio (co-chair), Adji Bousso Dieng, Aleksandra Korolova, Alvitta Ottley, Andrei Neznamov, Anna Korhonen, Awa Bousso Dramé, Balaraman Ravindran, Bernhard Schölkopf, Bilal Mateen, Carlos Coello Coello, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Haitao Song, Hoda Heidari, Jian Wang, Joëlle Barral, Johanna Pirker, Joyce Nakatumba Nabende, Juho Kim, Leslie Teo, Lior Rokach, Loreto Bravo, Mark Coeckelbergh, Martha Palmer, Maximilian Nickel, Melahat Bilge Demirköz, Mennatallah El-Assady, Piotr Sankowski, Qinghua Lu, Rita Orji, Román Orús, Silvio Savarese, Sonia Livingstone, Tegawendé Bissyandé, Teresa Ludermir, Tuka Alhanai, Vipin Kumar, Vukosi Marivate and Yutaka Matsuo. To safeguard impartiality, panel members were required to disclose all financial, professional or personal interests that could create a conflict of interest. Serving in a personal capacity and under these disclosure requirements helps to ensure that the panel’s advice remains impartial and independent. Additional information regarding the panel can be found on the official website of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI.
