AI doomsday warnings a distraction from the danger it already poses, warns expert::A leading researcher, who will attend this week’s AI safety summit in London, warns of ‘real threat to the public conversation’

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[–] 26 points 2 years ago (8 children)

turning economic power over to unethical AI systems for many years now

What's the difference from unethical human systems?

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    No ethics based lapses.

    Humans in a systemic unethical system can be individually ethical using deception or until the system grinds them to dust.

    An unethical ai built on unethical data will reinforce unethical behavior forever.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Folks expect humans to be unethical, and [at least try to] put in checks and balances for it. When it's an AI, on the other hand, lots of folks are too computer-illiterate to treat it as anything but infallible magic.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    It's the fact that ethical people can easily create unethical AI. The core problem is reinforcing biases/stereotypes in the data without realizing. Obviously there are other concerns about purposefully doing unethical stuff, but the real issue is that AI/ML just learns from what it's given.

    Examples range from cameras that think most people from Asia have their eyes closed https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/facial-recognition-software-passport-renewal-asian-man-eyes-closed/ to things like Amazon reinforcing gender hiring biases https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight-idUSKCN1MK08G

    Ultimately even when built "correctly" AI can be extremely dangerous.

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