Archive · 2020-06-17
AI ethics on Wednesday, 17 June 2020
3 items published this day, across 1 categories.
Research (3)
Hidden in Plain Sight — Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms
Hidden in Plain Sight Diagnostic algorithms and practice guidelines that adjust or “correct” their outputs on the basis of a patient’s race or ethnicity guide decisions in ways that may direct more...
The Chinese approach to artificial intelligence: an analysis of policy, ethics, and regulation
Abstract In July 2017, China’s State Council released the country’s strategy for developing artificial intelligence (AI), entitled ‘New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan’ (新一代人工智能发展规划). This strategy outlined China’s aims to become the world leader in AI by 2030, to monetise AI into a trillion-yuan (ca. 150 billion dollars) industry, and to emerge as the driving force in defining ethical norms and standards for AI. Several reports have analysed specific aspects of China’s AI po
Why general artificial intelligence will not be realized
Abstract The modern project of creating human-like artificial intelligence (AI) started after World War II, when it was discovered that electronic computers are not just number-crunching machines, but can also manipulate symbols. It is possible to pursue this goal without assuming that machine intelligence is identical to human intelligence. This is known as weak AI. However, many AI researcher have pursued the aim of developing artificial intelligence that is in principle identical to human int