(Reuters) – A high-ranking Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) expert on Wednesday defended the country’s social credit score system, despite what he said were implementation issues.
Other countries have expressed concern over the possible impact on their companies of China’s plan to give “social credit” scores to reward or punish individuals and corporations using technology to record various measures of financial credit, personal behavior and corporate misdeeds.
Xue Lan, professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management, told the Reuters Global Markets Forum the system was in its trial stage. He also said data protection was crucial when it came to facial recognition technology.
Below are excerpts from the chat held in Davos, Switzerland, on the sidelines of World Economic Forum’s annual meeting:
Q- What’s your view on China’s social credit score mechanism?
A- The system is being widely distorted, it’s still at its trial stage. Even…
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