Top news of the week: 28.10.2021.
Ethics
Salesforce’s Kathy Baxter and Amazon’s Nashlie Sephus talk keeping AI ethical at enterprise scale
AI and big data are an important part of most enterprise-scale companies now, but that very scale can make it difficult to employ them safely and ethically. Kathy Baxter at Salesforce and ...
Brain implants could be the next computer mouse
What the world’s fastest brain-typist is telling us about the future of computer interfaces.
Dystopia Is Upon Us. Are You Ready?
From constant surveillance to algorithms that decide what we see, society is entering territory reserved for fictional dystopias. Here's how to push back.
Podcast: How pricing algorithms learn to collude
AI could learn to form digital cartels in an effort to maximize profits
Enabling End-User Agency and Trust in Artificial Intelligence Systems
Understanding the role and interplay of end-user agency and trust will play a key role in using AI systems effectively, sustainably, and safely.
Decoding AI: The Science, Policies, Applications, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium will examine artificial intelligence (AI), its impact, and its ethics by exploring current and potential applications of AI in a range of ...
Sue Curry Jansen and Jeff Pooley — Neither Artificial nor Intelligent (review of Crawford, Atlas of AI, and Pasquale, New Laws of Robotics)
a review of Kate Crawford, Atlas of AI Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (Yale UP, 2021) and Frank Pasquale, New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human ...
Facebook Failed the People Who Tried to Improve It
The “badge posts” of the company's former researchers offer the parting thoughts of the disillusioned.