From Transparency to Justification: Toward Ex Ante Accountability for AI
"The EU’s GDPR and proposed AI Act tend toward a sustainable environment of AI systems. However, they are still too lenient and the sanction in case of non‑conformity with the Regulation is a monetary sanction, not a prohibition. This paper proposes a pre‑approval model in which some AI developers, before launching their systems into the market, must perform a preliminary risk assessment of their technology followed by a self‑certification."