Reflections on Artificial Intelligence, as friend or foe
1 year, 6 months ago

Reflections on Artificial Intelligence, as friend or foe

The Hindu  

Artificial Intelligence has been dominating the headlines for its triumphs, and also fears being expressed by many including some of the best minds in AI. Areas of use, limitations and AGI AI systems are capable of exhibiting superhuman performance on specific or “narrow” tasks, which has made it to the news in the field of chess, Go and also in biochemistry for protein folding. Speech recognition, translation, and even identifying common objects such as photographs, are just a few tasks that AI systems tackle today, even exceeding human performance in some instances. Think of it as human “common sense” but absent in AI systems. Machines outperform humans in every physical task today and AGI may lead to AI “machines” bettering humans in many intellectual or mental tasks.

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The ethical issues of Artificial Intelligence
1 year, 4 months ago

The ethical issues of Artificial Intelligence

Hindustan Times  

These are just some of the questions that have been stirring up public debate and the media since the mass deployment of generative AI tools and the sensationalist statements of a few public figures. However, we must not lose sight of the fact that, despite their remarkable performances, AI systems are essentially machines, nothing more than algorithms built into processors …

‘Godfather of AI’ leaves Google and gives terrifying warning about the future of technology
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Godfather of AI’ leaves Google and gives terrifying warning about the future of technology

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI”, has quit Google with a …

Musk, other tech experts urge halt to further AI developments
1 year, 9 months ago

Musk, other tech experts urge halt to further AI developments

Al Jazeera  

More than 1,000 tech leaders sign petition calling for pause of ‘giant AI experiments’ in response to the release of GPT-4. An open letter, signed by more than 1,000 people so far including Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, was in response to San Francisco startup OpenAI’s recent release of GPT-4, a more advanced successor to its widely-used AI chatbot …

The Movement to Hold AI Accountable Gains More Steam
3 years, 1 month ago

The Movement to Hold AI Accountable Gains More Steam

Wired  

Algorithms play a growing role in our lives, even as their flaws are becoming more apparent: A Michigan man wrongly accused of fraud had to file for bankruptcy; automated screening tools disproportionately harm people of color who want to buy a home or rent an apartment; Black Facebook users were subjected to more abuse than white users. New York’s City …

How afraid should we be of Artificial Intelligence?
3 years, 10 months ago

How afraid should we be of Artificial Intelligence?

ABC  

We must not allow ethical concerns about Artificial Intelligence to distract us from the moral obligation we have to use AI to improve the lives of humanity. For example, when the “horseless carriage” was first invented, some initial concerns led to an opinion piece entitled “The horseless carriage means trouble”, where the author argued: “The speed of which they are …

[Column] 'Science Leaps : Law Stays Put'. By Justice Anand Venkatesh
4 years, 9 months ago

[Column] 'Science Leaps : Law Stays Put'. By Justice Anand Venkatesh

Live Law  

This article is an attempt to explore how the burgeoning sophistication of Artificial Intelligence and Robots and their widespread deployment everywhere, from homes and hospitals to public spaces and the battlefield, necessitates a rethink of a wide variety of philosophical and public policy issues, and their uneasy interaction with the existing legal regimes thereby impelling a revamp of our existing …

The curse of Artificial Intelligence
5 years, 8 months ago

The curse of Artificial Intelligence

Hindustan Times  

The artificial intelligence company, OpenAI, recently demonstrated a neural network that created news articles so convincing and so capable of emulating human journalists that the organisation’s fear of its misuse to sway elections and terrorise stock markets led it to restrict distribution of the code underlying it. At the same time, stories about robots stealing our jobs and driverless cars …

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