by Tim Weinhold | Jul 31, 2018 | Personal Perspective
Governance by Algorithm — Orwell in the 21st Century Most of the threats posed by AI are decidedly uncertain. The threat posed by singularity — the point when robots gain general intelligence and potentially topple their human overlords — remains unclear, it’s...
by Tim Weinhold | Jul 25, 2018 | Personal Perspective
Tracy Kidder’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, The Soul of a New Machine, came to mind recently as I read an article by Olivia Goldhill provocatively titled “Can Machines be Spiritual?” Inferentially in Kidder’s book, and explicitly in Goldhill’s piece, the issue...
by David Brenner | Jul 17, 2018 | Recommended Links
A recent article from Serious Insights, a blog by new Founding Member Daniel Rasmus discusses the role of traditional ethical systems in critiquing the development and deployment of autonomous artificially intelligent weaponry. Ultimately, he asks, is a new set of AI...
by David Brenner | Jul 16, 2018 | Curated Content
“Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras”, New York Times, July 8, 2018. As Chinese startups significantly advance face and voice recognition software, China is intent on using it to shame its citizens into obedience and to comprehensively...
