Experts largely agree that AI with human-level capabilities is not that far off. How will this change out relationship with machines?
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AI chatbots can’t take responsibility for what they say, so we shouldn’t trust them.
The rise of AI raises the complicated question of how we might guide it towards ethical and political ends.
Rather than seeing artificial intelligence as the cause of new problems, we might better understand AI ethics as bringing attention to old ones.
AI is inevitably entering the workplace – some people are more OK with it than others. But do we trust this technology?
Will it give Microsoft a chance to overtake Google in the search space?
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots seem remarkably good at conversations. But you can’t believe anything they say. Sometimes, though, reality isn’t the point.
Artificial Intelligence comes with a litany of ethical risks and dilemmas. Some are universal, but some are unique to particular countries, like South Africa.
AI models are increasingly being used to make important decision about people’s lives – just take Robodebt. Yet the complexity of these systems means we hardly understand them.
Some think ChatGPT threatens education, but it might benefit educators and students alike.
The technology’s focus on the framing of the artistic task amounts to the fetishization of the creative moment – and devalues the journey that waters the seed of an idea to its fruition.
Would an advanced AI try to take over the world? If it uses a common approach called ‘reinforcement learning’, the answer is almost certainly yes.
In the age of AI image generation, believing your own eyes may not hold the same weight it once used to.
As states and nations struggle to regulate growing AI use, municipal authorities are often leading the way. An emerging paradigm known as AI Localism can help us better define the way forward.
Facial recognition technology has set us on a path to mass surveillance – but it’s not too late to change course.
The Tim Hortons consumer app was found to have collected detailed user information, including location data. As a privacy violation, this challenges perception of Tim Hortons as a trusted brand.
The recent case of a man making a simulation of his deceased fiancée raises important questions: while AI makes it possible to create “deadbots”, is it ethically desirable or reprehensible to do so?
A cornerstone of the First Step Act, passed with bipartisan support, is the PATTERN risk-assessment tool.
Inclusivity and diversity also need to be at the level of identifying values and defining frameworks of what counts as ethical AI in the first place.
Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface technology could bring humans and computers closer together than ever before, and herald a new frontier in healthcare
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Professor of English Language and Literature; University Research Chair & Founding Director, Critical Media Lab, University of Waterloo
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Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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