Elon Musk wants to use AI to run US gov’t, but experts say ‘very bad’ idea
Al JazeeraGov’t use of AI can go wrong in many ways, experts say, including lack of transparency on how tools are trained. Coglianese says that if AI is being used to make decisions about who should be terminated from their job, he’d be “very sceptical” of that approach. “Because low-income and otherwise marginalised communities tend to have the most contact with governments through social services, they tend to be affected most by problematic AI.” AI has also caused problems in government when it’s been used in the courts to determine things like someone’s parole eligibility or in police departments when it’s been used to try to predict where crime is likely to occur. “The tasks that those people were performing are often highly specialised and specific.” Schellmann says you could use AI to do parts of someone’s job that might be predictable or repetitive, but you can’t just completely replace someone. “That’s not to say we couldn’t use AI tools wisely,” says Coglianese.
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