Increasingly we hear about algorithms that shape our everyday lives. They are trained on data, evolve with data, make descisions based on data. Lots of this data is human data transformed into mathematical forms and digits. The development of our … Read More
NEWS: The IEEE P7006™ – Standard for Personal Data Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent can help develop AI agents to provide data vaults and algorithms allowing individual access and control of personal information. The growth of Artificial Intelligence creates a risk … Read More
by Francesco Lapenta, www.beingdigital.org Technologies have traditionally been approached as ancillary tools in the history of mankind. Means used to master nature and our environment, or tools used to enhance creativity and communication. This once clear distinction between us humans, … Read More
Research. A recently published report by The Royal Society looked at the different opportunities and challenges that come with machine learning advancements in the UK. Research of public opinion on the matter showed perceived opportunities regarding objectivity, accuracy, efficiency, economic … Read More
Analysis. We ask artificially intelligent systems to make order in our messy modern realities, but very rarely do we question what type of order. This is a call for an historical awareness of the social systems that we are building: … Read More
New rules for the field of robotics to deal with ethics as well as liability in case of accidents caused by robots are currently being negotiated in the EU. In February, the EU Parliament adopted a resolution with recommendations to … Read More
The initiative represents the collective input of over one hundred global thought leaders from academia, science, government and corporate sectors in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, ethics, philosophy, and policy. The purpose of is to ensure every technologist is educated, … Read More
The Norwegian Consumer Council has looked at the terms and the technical features of selected connected toys. The findings show a serious lack of understanding of children’s rights to privacy and security. Based on what was discovered, consumer organizations in … Read More
That AI reproduce and enhance human capabilities, including prejudices and biases, is not a novelty. But now this claim has been tested and even further evidenced by a group of Princeton University researchers that by training a popular algorithm on … Read More
Blog. “Algorithms you get me like no other”. A person is leaning into a hole in an otherwise empty plain wall. Outside is a big sky with billions of distant stars. “30 songs you didn’t know you loved yet”, continues … Read More
How will machines know what we value if we don’t know ourselves? This is the central question for John C. Havens’ new book, Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines coming out in 2016.
(Image from the Ethics of Algorithms project, Center for Internet and Human Rights) Blog: How can we question the ethics of a service if we don’t have access to the details of how it is designed to act on data? … Read More
Analysis: Toy manufacturers are today creating intelligent toys that remember, find patterns and respond to data from children. We need a data ethical approach to innovation in the development of an “Internet of Things” for children.
Blog: “If it’s free then you are the product”. This statement normally applies to consumers paying for online services with their data. Another version of this is developers using big industry machine learning technologies for free to build and create … Read More