Principles for the Development, Deployment, and Use of Generative AI Technologies, ACM Technology Policy Council (June 27, 2023)
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a broad term used to describe computing techniques and tools that can be used to create new content such as text, speech and audio, images and video, and computer code. While such systems offer tremendous opportunities for benefits to society, they also pose very significant risks. The increasing power of generative AI systems, the speed of their evolution, broad application, and potential to cause significant or even catastrophic harm means that great care must be taken in researching, designing, developing, deploying, and using them. Existing mechanisms and modes for avoiding such harm likely will not suffice.