Category: Ethics
Recommendation of the Council on Artificial Intelligence | OECD 2019
‘A global reference point for trustworthy AI’ is how the OECD headlines this report from their Council on Artificial Intelligence. They note optimism about economic growth from AI and at the same time notice ‘anxieties and ethical concerns,’ which they…
Digital assistants like Siri and Alexa entrench gender biases, says UN | THE GUARDIAN
THE GUARDIAN reports that a UNESCO study says smart speakers like Siri and Alexa should not use female voices by default. The study suggests the computer-simulated voices should be treated as ‘non-human,’ and that programming for digital assistants should discourage…
Why we need a global response to AI ethics | WEF
‘Consider the following scenario: a car from China has different factory standards than a car from the US, but is shipped to and used in the US. This Chinese-made car and a US-made car are heading for an unavoidable collision….
Fei-Fei Li & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversation – The Coming AI Upheaval | Stanford 2019
Runs: 90m Discussion starts around 9:38, following introductions A wide-ranging conversation: ethics in society, hacking humans, free will, and more. Moderated by Nicholas Thompson, WIRED’s Editor-in-Chief The session was jointly sponsored by Stanford University’s Humanities Center, McCoy Family Center for…
Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI | EUROPEAN COMMISSION 2018
The EUROPEAN COMMISSION presents seven guidelines for trustworthy artificial intelligence. The Commission says they want to create ‘an environment of trust’ when developing AI as well as when deploying and using AI. Each of the seven headings links to the…
Google and Microsoft Warn That AI May Do Dumb Things | WIRED
‘Alphabet likes to position itself as a leader in AI research, but it was six months behind rival Microsoft in warning investors about the technology’s ethical risks.’ WIRED reports that ethics is a risk management item at Alphabet and Microsoft….
How Tech Giants Are Using AI Ethics Centres To Avoid Future Mishaps | ANALYTICS INDIA
‘As the world acknowledges the inevitability of AI and ML, the conversation has, however, shifted to its ethics, with governments and lawmakers bringing out stringent policies regarding the applicability of the technology.’ ANALYTICS INDIA reports on uses of ethics guidelines…
Is It Possible For AI To Be Ethical? | ASIAN SCIENTIST
‘While the panellists agreed that it is impossible to have an ‘ethical AI’, they believe that ‘AI ethics’ is a discussion that we should constantly engage in.’ ASIAN SCIENTIST reports on a Singapore conference panel of industry and regulatory leaders…
China’s top AI scientist drives development of ethical guidelines | SCMP
‘Chen (Xiaoping), professor and director of the Robotics Laboratory at the University of Science and Technology of China, said AI in China had developed to a point where ethical guidelines were now necessary to address potential risks in large-scale applications.’…
Values, Ethics and Innovation: Rethinking Technological Development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution | WEF 2018
Technologies inevitably embody the values of their creators, whether a small team of engineers or a large group of nations imagining a collective destiny THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM says beneficial outcomes should be foremost when technology is on the agenda….
We know ethics should inform AI. But which ethics? | WEF
Ethical standards are likely to become as important at shaping global competition as technological standards have been since the 1980s. THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM suggests acceptance of AI systems depends on predictability and trust, in turn arising from robust ethical…
7 principles from Google
‘We acknowledge that this area is dynamic and evolving, and we will approach our work with humility, a commitment to internal and external engagement, and a willingness to adapt our approach as we learn over time.’ Google has released seven…
AI in the UK: Ready, Willing and Able? | HOUSE OF LORDS SELECT COMMITTEE ON AI 2018
The U.K. HOUSE OF LORDS SELECT COMMITTEE on AI has 74 recommendations for the future of artificial intelligence. Their exhaustive report suggests development be guided by a code of ethics: Artificial intelligence should be developed for the common good and…
Ethics debate: Artificial Intelligence at Oxford | 2018
Runs 62:16 PANEL moderated by Marina Jirotka, Professor of Human Centred Computing, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford PANELISTS Mariarosaria Taddeo, Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Deputy Director of the Digital Ethics Lab, Faculty…
Fei Fei Li: How to Make A.I. That’s Good for People | NEW YORK TIMES
‘Despite its name, there is nothing “artificial” about this technology — it is made by humans, intended to behave like humans and affects humans. So if we want it to play a positive role in tomorrow’s world, it must be…
Tech’s Ethical ‘Dark Side’: Harvard, Stanford and Others Want to Address It | NYT
‘The idea is to train the next generation of technologists and policymakers to consider the ramifications of innovations — like autonomous weapons or self-driving cars — before those products go on sale.’ THE NEW YORK TIMES reports morality is becoming…
Paul Chadwick: As technology develops, so must journalists’ codes of ethics | THE GUARDIAN
‘A clause something like: “When using artificial intelligence to augment your journalism, consider its compatibility with the values of this code. Software that ‘thinks’ is increasingly useful, but it does not necessarily gather or process information ethically.”’ IN THE GUARDIAN…
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | HUB.BERLIN 2017
Runs 25:32 PANEL with Paula Boddington, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford Florian Werner, CEO, FragRobin AG Dr. Habil Eberhard Schnebel, Lecturer, Goethe-University Frankfurt Center for Business Ethics November 2017 | Berlin
Guardrails
Oxford philosopher Paula Boddington delivers a reference-grade volume that is timely, helpful, and clear. This is the first book about codified ethics for AI. There’s a general belief that ethics are essential in guiding how such a powerful yet unknown…
Automating judgment? Algorithmic judgment, news knowledge, and journalistic professionalism | Carlson
Matt Carlson says algorithms may challenge journalistic authority. He argues that journalistic judgement and algorithmic judgement should not be intertwined. AUTHOR Matt Carlson, Department of Communication, St. Louis University. ABSTRACT ‘Journalistic judgment is both a central and fraught function of…
Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability | ACM
THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY US PUBLIC POLICY COUNCIL provides a succinct review of algorithms and their potential for bias, amongst other consequences arising from their use. They provide seven principles intended to balance concerns and benefits. ‘The ubiquity of…
Ethical Challenges of Algorithmic Journalism | Dörr & Hollnbuchner
Konstantin Nicholas Dörr and Katharina Hollnbuchner present a framework for considering ethical issues when algorithms generate news. AUTHORS Konstantin Nicholas Dörr, Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, Media Change & Innovation Division, University of Zurich Katharina Hollnbuchner, Institute of…
Issues roadmap
This elegant book by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom ignited a worldwide discussion about what ‘thinking machines’ will mean for humanity. Conversations about machines acting on their own tend to converge on one point, which Bostrom compactly calls ‘the control problem’….