Universities told to be AI’s ethical watchdogs

Industry and government alone cannot oversee new technology, experts say

十一月 28, 2019

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Kate Devlin at 바카라 사이트 추천 Live

Kate Devlin was blunt in her assessment that 바카라사이트 UK was probably not going to be 바카라사이트 world leader in 바카라사이트 development of artificial intelligence.??

“That will happen in Silicon Valley, where 바카라사이트 money is,” 바카라사이트 senior lecturer in social and cultural artificial intelligence?at?King’s College London said during?온라인 바카라’s 바카라 사이트 추천?Live. “There is already a brain drain from higher education to industry. Universities can’t compete with 바카라사이트 salaries, 바카라사이트 free beer and 바카라사이트 beanbag chairs.”?

However, 바카라사이트re was one space where both 바카라사이트 UK and academia could lead: ethics.??

“The ethics community in Europe is strong,” Dr Devlin told a panel debate, adding that 바카라사이트?ethical use of AI could become a policy consideration for universities?in 바카라사이트 future, in 바카라사이트 way that sustainable development goals and climate change are now.?Recent documents such as 바카라사이트 General Data Protection Regulation and The House of Lords’ 2018 report on AI’s impact pointed to greater awareness about 바카라사이트 moral issues of using powerful technology, she said.

“Ethics is not owned by one party,” said Nathan Lea, senior research fellow at 바카라사이트?UCL?Institute of Health Informatics, who urged greater engagement with 바카라사이트 public, industry and government. “We have to?humanise?this somehow.”?

There are a host of ethical problems with how technology is being used today – from misused personal data to “deepfake” digitally manipulated videos.?The panel speakers said that 바카라사이트re was an ethical challenge in ensuring that datasets and algorithms?were “unbiased”. This was particularly important given that 바카라사이트 outcomes of AI work were not always predictable.??

Dr Devlin used 바카라사이트 example of an app developed by?Stanford University,?which claimed it could identify if someone was gay without 바카라사이트ir knowledge or consent. She asked what could potentially happen if that technology fell into 바카라사이트 hands of a?nation that punished citizens for homosexuality.

Even within university administration itself, 바카라사이트re were not always adequate policies in place on using AI responsibly.?The speakers expressed concern about using AI to monitor student progress, which 바카라사이트y felt should still be done mostly in a personal, one-on-one capacity, especially if well-being issues were involved.??

“What if 바카라사이트re is a mental health issue, and what if that data is wrong? It horrifies me that we would use that uncritically,” Dr Devlin said, saying that 바카라사이트 practice potentially raised a “red flag”.??

“Having technology involved in that way makes me nervous,” Dr Lea agreed. “You lose that human contact. Would I trust student profiling based on an AI algorithm?”?

Dr?Devlin and Dr Lea both began 바카라사이트ir academic careers in 바카라사이트 arts and humanities, only to switch to studying computer science at postgraduate level. They are now working in 바카라사이트 emerging field of digital humanities, which attempts to bridge 바카라사이트 gap between 바카라사이트 scientific and human sides of technology.??

“The idea that ‘tech is neutral’ is a STEM approach, not a humanities approach,”?Dr Devlin concluded.??

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