Most people are comfortable understanding why other people make certain decisions. However, the situation is much different when a computer is making those decisions. Even the experts have trouble pulling apart modern AI systems and coming to an understanding of why it chose one option over another. How does this affect AI's adoption? What does it mean for businesses when you can't explain why a certain action was taken? 

Articles

Is Machine Learning Permanently Inscrutable

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Bill Gates proposes a robot tax. In this episode of Artificially Intelligent, your hosts discuss Gates' proposal. Will it protect jobs? Will it raise prosperity? Listen and all will be revealed! 

Articles

The robot that takes your job should pay taxes, says Bill Gates

Why taxing robots is not a good idea

Bill Gates' Robot Tax is a Terrible Idea

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This week we discuss preparing for the AI infused workplace. What does it mean for jobs?

Here are the links!

Automated Insights follow up

Main Articles

How to Robot-Proof Your Children's Careers

Intelligent Steps to Future-Proof Your Job Against the Robot Revolution

Will Jobs Exist in 2050?

The Retreating Catastrophe

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Today we discuss bias in AI algorithms, what do we mean by bias? How should we think about biased algorithms?

Also, Christian wants to make it clear that he knows how to pronounce "Arxiv" - it's just weird to read it out loud sometimes.

Articles discussed:
Silicon Valley Hedge Fund Takes On Wall Street with AI Trader
Machine Bias
It’s Too Late—We’ve Already Taught AI to Be Racist and Sexist
Why We Should Expect Algorithms to Be Biased
Stereotyping and Bias in the Flickr30K Dataset

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Advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP) have enabled companies to automate certain roles in journalism. Automated Insights is one of the companies paving the way and has expanded financial reporting for the AP. What's the impact that this has had on reporters, jobs, and consumers? That's what we discuss in this episode of Artificially Intelligent.

Stories referenced:

AP's "robot journalists" are writing their own stories

AI produced report

Human report

Kylie.ai for automated emails.

In the first episode of Artificially Intelligent, Christian and Stephen introduce themselves and discuss Bridgwater - the world's largest hedge fund - and their goal in moving trading decisions and personnel decisions to an AI system.

Main article discussed (paywall):

The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is Building an Algorithmic Model From its Employees' Brains

Derivative, non-paywall article:

World's largest hedge fund to replace managers with artificial intelligence

Response by Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgwater:

The Fake and Distorted News Epidemic and Bridgwater's Recent Experience With The Wall Street Journal

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