"Arvind Narayanan, a computer science professor at Princeton University, puts it more succinctly, “Much of what’s being sold as ‘AI’ today is snake oil — i…
"Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan (previously) has posted slides and notes from a recent MIT talk on "How to recognize AI snake oil"…
"There are already some police and security robots in use around the world, ranging from surveillance robots to prison guards to a lethal remote-controlled…
"Calo said AI will disrupt the workforce and expressed dismay that computers will fully replicate human capabilities in the future. “I think that the impac…
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly pervasive and essential to everyday life, enabling apps and various smart devices to autonomous vehicles…
"GeekWire: Did the producers and writers and the rest of the team behind “Terminator” learn anything since the earlier films? Carissa Schoenick: “Yeah … S…
"Having an ethicist might help mediate some of these tensions, depending on how much power they have, says Patrick Lin, a philosophy professor specializing…
"A simple example most of us can identify with: Using GPS for directions can reduce our ability to find our way around. “I used to pride myself on being ab…
"Patrick Lin, the director of the ethics and emerging sciences board at California Polytechnic State University, told FCW that private-sector employee prot…
"“AI has no well-defined meaning and many so-called AI companies are simply trying to take advantage of the buzz around that term,” says Arvind Narayanan,…
""Many technology companies have joined industry initiatives on AI ethics, but Sony has taken the extra step to support independent academic study on…
Technology has an outsized impact on the modern world; it is how we have tamed our frontiers. But that role is largely ignored when it comes to the Arctic front…