AUTHOR: Sharon Hoffman Via Theconversation.com The use of artificial intelligence in medicine is generating great excitement and hope for treatment advances. AI generally refers to computers’ ability to mimic human intelligence and to learn. For example, by using machine learning, scientists are working to develop algorithms that will help them make decisions about cancer treatment.…
AUTHOR: Lauren C Williams Via Defensesystems.com After a rash of tech employee protests, the Defense Department wants to hire an artificial intelligence ethicist. “We are going to bring on someone who has a deep background in ethics,” tag-teaming with DOD lawyers to make sure AI can be “baked in,” Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, who leads…
AUTHOR: Nature, Editorial (shortened, adapted repost) France and Canada are establishing an international committee to advise on the ethics of artificial intelligence. The group should be supported and shielded from undue influence. China wants to be the world’s leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030. The United States has a strategic plan to retain the…
AUTHOR: Madhumita Murgia Via FT.com (adapted & shortened repost) On the fringes of the Indian city of Kolkata, in the dusty, crowded neighbourhood of Metiabruz, 460 young women are working at the vanguard of artificial intelligence. The women, mostly from the local Muslim community, are helping to train computer vision algorithms used in autonomous vehicles…
AUTHOR: Alison Berthet Via Openglobalrights.org It’s clear that regulation of AI must start now, but why do emerging frameworks primarily talk about ethics rather than law and human rights? Artificial intelligence. Everyone talks about it, many pretend to understand it, but how many of us truly measure its disruptive potential? Without being as alarmist as Yuval…
AUTHOR: Charlotte Walker-Osborne Via Artificiallawyer.com (with permission to repost short intro, thank you @ArtificialLawya) What is your view of the risks of facial recognition technology and its impact on civil liberties? There is a clear divergence of opinion in this area. The largest tensions, perhaps, sit between those who consider that this is a necessary…
