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AI Ethics explores the potential concern with the AI revolution. Our reliance on AI will inevitably cause many ethical issues — affecting everyone, including public citizens, small businesses utilizing AI or entrepreneurs developing the latest tech.

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On Jun 14, 2021
RT @EvanSelinger: In my @LAReviewofBooks review of “The Power Ethics," I make the case against combining ethical optimism + innovation enthusiasm, and highlight the danger of downplaying sources of power that constrain, deflate, appropriate & destroy ethical aspirations. https://t.co/hyH0Z19kX6
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Be Skeptical of Thought Leaders

Be Skeptical of Thought Leaders

Evan Selinger picks apart Susan Liautaud’s “cheerful boosterism.”...

@EleHrwch shared
On Jun 15, 2021
RT @NHSX: This morning @Brhmie joined @ThinkSpeakMavis @LizzieBarclay1 @b_mittelstadt to ask how we can support clinicians to better trust AI tech and the benefits and limitations of adopting those tools across health and care. More on the ethics of AI: https://t.co/Oef4ynjNp2 #CogX2021 https://t.co/aNYcrpGJKq
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The AI Ethics Initiative

The AI Ethics Initiative

NHSX - driving forward the digital transformation of health and social care

@AdaLovelaceInst shared
On Jun 14, 2021
In the first of our new series considering the role of the arts & humanities in thinking about AI @JTasioulas, argues for reclaiming a broad, foundational understanding of #AIethics that has radical implications for the re-ordering of social power: https://t.co/HZgDhN8G8o 1/5
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The role of the arts and humanities in thinking about artificial intelligence (AI)

The role of the arts and humanities in thinking about artificial intelligence (AI)

Reclaiming a broad and foundational understanding of ethics in the AI domain, with radical implications for the re-ordering of social power

@gleonhard shared
On Jun 12, 2021
» Technology is exponential but humans are not: Why Digital Ethics is an increasingly crucial topic (and some new keynotes) https://t.co/CkSnQa8Tzx https://t.co/IHnP9kDD4R
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Technology is exponential but humans are not: Why Digital Ethics is an increasingly crucial topic (and some new keynotes)

Technology is exponential but humans are not: Why Digital Ethics is an increasingly crucial topic (and some new keynotes)

» Technology is exponential but humans are not: Why Digital Ethics is an increasingly crucial topic (and some new keynotes) -

@techreview shared
On Jun 10, 2021
RT @WiDS_Worldwide: Meet @_KarenHao, Senior Editor at @techreview, on a new #WiDSPodcast episode with Prof. @margootjeg. Karen discusses her experiences covering the latest research and social impacts of #AI, and ethics washing in the tech industry. 🎙️Listen: https://t.co/yl1njyu5c0 @MIT #WiDS2021 https://t.co/c8vvOBTBtu
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Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review

Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review

Karen Hao, Senior Editor at MIT Technology Review, discusses her experiences covering the latest research and social impacts of AI, and ethics washing in the tech industry.

@mtlaiethics shared
On Jun 15, 2021
The AI Ethics Brief #60: • Explaining the Principles to Practices Gap in AI (@Dan_Schiff, @bobirakova, @Aladdin_Ayesh) • Fashion Piracy & AI (@FashionLawHeidi) • How censorship became the new crisis for social networks (@CaseyNewton, @platformer) https://t.co/2QfIgUNs8I
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The AI Ethics Brief #60: Principles to Practices Gap, AI and fashion piracy, creepy fake humans, and more ...

The AI Ethics Brief #60: Principles to Practices Gap, AI and fashion piracy, creepy fake humans, and more ...

Welcome to another edition of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute’s weekly AI Ethics Brief that will help you keep up with the fast-changing world of AI Ethics! Every week we summarize the ...

@mer__edith shared
On Jun 14, 2021
RT @_jack_poulson: I would add to this article that the fears of the Google workers were confirmed: a FOIA response showed defense contractor Thundercat Technology planned to use Google Cloud's AI to surveil immigrants at the US/Mexico border for CBP. https://t.co/LraizqQ5O1 https://t.co/Av0eWmQVny
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Google AI Tech Will Be Used for Virtual Border Wall, CBP Contract Shows

Google AI Tech Will Be Used for Virtual Border Wall, CBP Contract Shows

Google Cloud will be used in conjunction with Anduril Industries’ surveillance tech on the U.S.-Mexico border.

@dw2 shared
On Jun 15, 2021
Rob Glaser at @CogX2021 gives a shout out to the book "The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values" by @BrianChristian. I echo that endorsement: it provides a rich perspective on questions of AI fairness and bias https://t.co/zOD4jlH4RY
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The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them. Today’s "machine-learni...