We’ve touched on what exactly AI is last episode, that being a bunch of machine learning models slapped into a box labeled Intelligence, Artificial (kidding). So, you could be wondering why we need to worry about ethics and AI- after all, it’s not like Skynet is real or anything. …That being said, AI can be applied to some awful things.

Sources:

On LAWs (Lethal Autonomous Weapons):

• Humans Rights Watch, 20 February 2020, “The Need for and Elements of a New Treaty on Fully Autonomous Weapons“
• Open Letter on Autonomous Weapons, Future of Life Institute (2015)
• Vox, 21 June 2019, “Death by algorithm: the age of killer robots is closer than you think”

On Google & Project Maven:

• Gizmodo, 6 March 2018, “Google Is Helping the Pentagon Build AI for Drones“
• The Verge, 1 June 2018, “Google reportedly leaving Project Maven military AI program after 2019”
• The Verge, 7 June 2018, “Google pledges not to develop AI weapons, but says it will still work with the military”

On Google Ousting Ethics AI Heads (Timnit Gebru/Margaret Mitchell) :

• Android Central, 20 January 2021, “Google’s internal drama continues as it investigates the head of Ethical AI“
• Android Central, 10 December 2020, “Google’s latest AI ethics controversy is a product of its own hubris — even if it enforced the rules“
• MIT Technology Review, 4 December 2020, “We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says.“
• The New York Times, 9 June 2020, “A Case for Banning Facial Recognition“

Deepfakes:

• Seattle University, 10 February 2020, “Deepfakes and the Value-Neutrality Thesis“

Mention of a racist bot:

• Reuters, 24 March 2016, “Microsoft’s AI Twitter bot goes dark after racist, sexist tweets“

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