The Evolution and Ethics of AI
Reposting from LinkedIn Pulse 25 February 2017
It’s been 20 years since IBM’s Deep Blue AI beat Chess Grandmaster Gary Kasparov; last year Google’s Deep Mind AI beat human players at GO — a far more complex game to master; 2 weeks ago Libratus — an artificial intelligence (AI) — beat humans at Poker (harder still since machines had to learn how to bluff). AI is rapidly impacting in our day-to-day lives, from 11,000 (and counting…) chat-bots on Facebook, to robot carers for the elderly.
AI is an incredibly exciting field that offers the potential to bring mammoth developments to commercial, academic and public arenas, with a host of modern forums already having adopted data science in some way into their business. The introduction and advancements of AI in so many fields has often raised debate of morality and how ethical our reliance on computers can be. In order for AI to be as effective and beneficial as possible, experts are calling for a greater understanding of developments and capabilities and for businesses and consumers alike to recognise the potential and vulnerabilities that AI evolution holds.
AI and Ethical Decision-Making
With such rapid developments in this field, the question of whether ethical consciousness can be programmed into AI remains at the forefront of thinking for many…
