President Trump and the Myth of American AI
On February 11, 2019, the President of the United States signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the federal government to promote artificial intelligence (AI)…
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This AI is so good at writing that its creators won’t let you use it
"OpenAI's decision to keep the AI to itself makes sense to Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington and co-director of the school's T…
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Trump’s Plan to Keep America First in AI
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, says it’s good to see the White House taking AI and its effects seriously. He also says it wil…
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Trump signs executive order to boost AI technology
"Ryan Calo, a cyber law expert at the University of Washington, told The Hill that Trump's executive order appears to incorporate some elements of form…
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37% of Tech Experts Worry Artificial Intelligence Will Make Humanity Worse by 2030
"“2030 is not far in the future. My sense is that innovations like the internet and networked AI have massive short-term benefits, along with long-term neg…
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Privacy groups urge tech firms to sign Safe Face Pledge to restrict use of facial recognition
"While employees and customers can pressure companies to act ethically with regard to AI, more attention needs to be focused on laws and government oversig…
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Most Experts Think AI Will Make the World a Better Place
"“In 2030, the greatest set of questions will involve how perceptions of AI and their application will influence the trajectory of civil rights,” said Soni…
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FTC Hearings #7: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, and Predictive Analytics
"While panelists acknowledged valid consumer protection concerns, they generally counseled against overly-cautious regulation and were instead in favor of…
Facebook Increasingly Reliant on A.I. To Predict Suicide Risk
"Law professor Ryan Calo, co-director of the University of Washington's Tech Policy Lab, says AI-based monitoring of social media may follow a predicta…
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1 big thing: All rise for AI
""An algorithm could've given us Dred Scott or Korematsu," said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, referring to a pa…
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US midterms: Democrats look to big data to beat Trump
"To Mr McLaughlin, targeting people by values such as “equality” or “tradition” is fine, but profiling their emotional state is not. As AI improves, he bel…
Does AI Ethics Need to be More Inclusive?
Last week, MIT Media Lab researchers published results from its global survey on autonomous driving ethics. The survey, dubbed the “Moral Machine experiment”,…