Bright-Line Rules That Restrict the Most Harmful AI Uses Wholesale

Bright-line rules that prohibit the most harmful use cases of AI send a clear message that the public determines whether, in what contexts, and how AI systems will be used. A growing list of ripe targets for these clear prohibitions include:

• AI cannot be used for emotion-detection systems.
• AI cannot be used for “social scoring,” i.e., scoring or ranking people based on their social behavior or predicted characteristics.
• Surveillance data cannot be used to set prices or wages.
• AI cannot be used to deny health insurance claims.
• Surveillance and monitoring data about workers cannot be sold to third-party vendors.
• AI cannot be used to replace public school teachers. 
• AI cannot be used to generate sexually explicit deepfake imagery or election-related deepfake imagery.
• AI cannot be used for the grooming and sexual exploitation of minors.
• AI cannot be used for predictive policing.
• AI cannot be used for military applications.
• AI cannot be used to aid oil, gas, and coal extraction.