An ethical checklist for robot journalism
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In AI we trust — too much | AXIOS
‘AI carries an aura of legitimacy and accuracy, burnished by overeager marketing departments and underinformed users. But AI is just…
An ethical checklist for robot journalism
by Tom Kent Feb 24, 2015 Updated October 2019 It’s routine now for news organizations to use artificial intelligence…
Stuart Russell on why now is the time to start thinking about superintelligent AI – Science Weekly podcast | THE GUARDIAN
Stuart Russell suggests making intelligent machines ‘permanently differential’ to humans so that we may successfully co-exist with new forms of…
Do we trust artificial intelligence agents to mediate conflict? Not entirely | USC
‘Researchers from USC and the University of Denver created a simulation in which a three-person team was supported by a…
This Technique Can Make It Easier for AI to Understand Videos | WIRED
‘…deep learning is less adept at interpreting video. Analyzing a video frame won’t reveal what’s happening unless that frame is…
If a Robotic Hand Solves a Rubik’s Cube, Does It Prove Something? | NEW YORK TIMES
‘…the hand learned to solve the puzzle through extreme trial and error. It spent the equivalent of 10,000 years spinning…
The Next Word | THE NEW YORKER
‘…it’s making billions of lightning-fast probability calculations about word patterns from a year’s worth of e-mails sent from Gmail.com.’ The…
How the Wall Street Journal is using deep learning to inform content strategy | MEDIUM
‘While traditional analytics dashboards give newsrooms insights about recent performance, this project strengthens the “long-term memory of the newsroom”…. Editors…
The biggest threat of deepfakes isn’t the deepfakes themselves | MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
‘The mere idea of AI-synthesized media is already making people stop believing that real things are real.’ Undermining trust in…
Jacob Berkowitz: Hey Siri, write me a book: Turing’s Imitation Game is AI’s highest form of flattery – and it’s writing its own story | THE GLOBE AND MAIL
‘As young parents, we’re caught off-guard when suddenly we’re arguing with an articulate, obdurate child. We desperately want our children,…
The Economist’s essay contest featured an AI submission. Here’s what the judges thought. | VOX
‘…the AI did not emerge victorious — but even this mediocre performance is a stunning change from what AI was…
AI BRIEFS: October 2019
Google chief: I’d disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home | BBC NEWS | October 15, 2019 | by…
Creativity and AI: The Next Step | SCIENTIFIC AMERICA
Efforts to combine the two foundations of AI may help systems express themselves. All AI systems work in one of…
Journalists urged to embrace Artificial Intelligence | THE NEW TIMES
‘Without the help of technology, it will be hard for the media because the world is getting more precarious and…
We can’t trust AI systems built on deep learning alone | MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
‘…deep learning may be good at mimicking the perceptual tasks of the human brain, like image or speech recognition. But…
Trends in Newsrooms #2: The Rise of AI | WAN
‘Although it hasn’t brought about the job losses many feared (quite the opposite, in fact, according to some experts), conclusions…
Google releases videos to help researchers create better ‘deepfake’ detection tools | SILICON ANGLE
‘Google’s videos should be useful, since many of them appear to be incredibly realistic, especially to users who have no…
AI: time to crack on | IN PUBLISHING
‘…the danger is that once again, journalism will be left chasing after the change instead of meeting the challenge.’ AI…
Hide-and-seek finds clues to human-like AI
Researchers at OpenAI in California found their algorithms started displaying complex behaviours after 25 million games. They stopped at 500…
The Seven Patterns Of AI | FORBES
‘The seven patterns are: hyperpersonalization, autonomous systems, predictive analytics and decision support, conversational/human interactions, patterns and anomalies, recognition systems, and…
AI Horizons Keynote – Yoshua Bengio | AI RESEARCH WEEK 2019
Runs 34:45 2019 Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio discusses the role of intelligent agents, having AI machines understand causality, and…
Why These Two Innovations In Artificial Intelligence Are So Important: Eye on A.I. | FORBES
FORBES says two recent developments using AI models have been underreported: Pharmaceutical development in record time – a new drug…
AI ethics and the limits of code(s) | NESTA
‘Ethics is more a habit or muscle, than a code (in either sense). It’s a way of thinking and reasoning,…
The Story of ELIZA, the First Chatbot Developed In The 1960s | MR JOURNALISM
‘ if a human says that ‘My mom cooks great food’, ELIZA would get the word ‘mother’, and react by asking…
Automation, bots and algorithms in newsmaking. Impact and quality of artificial journalism | Miguel Túñez-López et al
The authors provide a thorough account of the progression ‘from artisan journalism to artificial journalism.‘ They compare writing by algorithms…
Quartz will use crowds and machines for ‘open investigations’
‘This is an open investigation, and we need your help monitoring the campaigns, companies, governments, and other actors involved’ Kevin…
Thailand’s first AI journalist named ‘Suthichai AI’ unveiled | THAI PBS
‘Suthichai AI said that AI will revolutionize information by presenting news and analyzing it faster, with accuracy and in a…
Fred Beneson: AI Is Coming for Your Favorite Menial Tasks | THE ATLANTIC
Fred Beneson wonders what happens when human jobs are only about tough decisions. AI systems are expected to take on…
AI BRIEFS: September 2019
Artificial intelligence and face scanning technology is being used in UK job interviews for the first time to identify best…
AI Takes Center Court at U.S. Open | WALL STREET JOURNAL
‘Watson has been trained to recognize acoustic inputs—the cheers of a crowd, the sound of sneakers on a court, the…
