An expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is urging politicians to quickly pass new legislation to regulate Agentic AI.
Agentic AI is a new form of AI capable of completing complex goal-oriented tasks without the need of a human prompt.
President of the European Responsible AI Office Nell Watson made the call today during her keynote speech at Learnovation 2024, an annual summit on the future of work and learning, which takes place at the Aviva Stadium.
She said autonomous Agentic AI represents a significant upgrade on traditional AI and generative AI models which require human prompts.
In response, she said industry must prepare workers for the introduction of the technology with new workplace training and upskilling programmes that teach innovative and independent thinking.
Ms Watson also told the conference that, while applications of Agentic AI will have positive effects for many, especially those with disabilities, lawmakers and officials must still move quickly to pass new laws and regulations to defend workers’ rights from bad corporate actors.
They must also, she said, legislate to ensure developers impose limits on the AI itself so that it does not breach the law while working to achieve its goals.
"Agentic AI promises to dramatically change the world of work and learning," said Ms Watson.
"It's vital that we start preparing people for that change through education, training and upskilling, and new laws and regulations to ensure that the rights of people are not sacrificed in the pursuit of corporate profit," she added.
