A recent study of the car loans sector showed that a machine learning algorithm could make decisions that were 34% more profitable than salespeople in dealerships.
Revelations by an investigative journalist that Israel is using AI to identify and target suspected Hamas members have shone a light on a frightening new aspect of warfare.
Joe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
AI has the potential to diminish the human experience in several ways. One particularly concerning threat is to the ability to make thoughtful decisions.
The Canadian government’s proposed legislation to regulate artificial intelligence doesn’t address the government’s own applications. More oversight and consultations are needed to protect Canadians.
From an economic development perspective, the highly skewed nature of AI activity in the US is likely to create large pools of high-skilled workers in some regions while leaving other regions behind.
Businesses are increasingly promoting themselves as AI-savvy to attract investment. But as two large US firms discovered, it doesn’t pay to make claims that can’t be backed up.