Government Ethics?
Equally as artificial as it's intelligence
Pound falling, Marmite off the shelves – what the UK needs right now is ... an AI ethics board
The UK government has been urged to establish an AI ethics board to tackle the creeping influence of machine learning on society. The call comes from a Robotics and Artificial Intelligence report published yesterday by the the House of Commons science and technology select committee. It quotes experts who warned the panel that …
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Thursday 13th October 2016 17:56 GMT Cynic_999
A bigger issue nobody is addressing
We desperately need new laws and regulations to control the movement of people by teleportation. How can we secure our borders when the time arrives when an Eskimo can teleport directly into Piccadilly Circus? How do we combat terrorism when bombs can be teleported into the Houses of Parliament? Compared to these very real dangers, minor issues regarding the politically correct way to address and refer to one of our mechanical citizens (when they arrive) pales into insignificance.
I am willing to head a committee to urgently address this alarming issue, and I will work for the very low salary of barely more than £10000.
Per day. Plus expenses. And an important-looking hat. I may agree to forego the usual moat and duck-house so long as I get a couple of girlfriends thrown in. Per week - I'm not greedy.
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Saturday 15th October 2016 10:41 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: A bigger issue nobody is addressing
We also need to address how we will keep control of the rebelling outer colonies in Alpha Centauri and Proxima as FTL transportation become more affordable, I propose guidance ensuring that such technology remains affordable only to true blooded Sols!
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Saturday 15th October 2016 10:37 GMT Anonymous Coward
Given
Given not a single artificial intelligence exists (as I would understand it, that being self aware with a consciousness - otherwise it's just a program) and if one did exist it's entirely possible nobody would know shouldn't the first task of the AI Ethics board be to determine what they mean by the term Artificial Intelligence. As at the moment it's just an exciting name for a set of algorithms with specific tasks.
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Monday 2nd January 2017 22:49 GMT Anonymous Coward
wait, what?!
Wouldn't it be slightly more to the point to insist on decent ethics in something that definitely exists, has been around for a couple of millenia or so, and in which lack of ethical behaviour has caused some of the greater problems of recent history, namely business in general?
I mean, it's nice that, just for once, bods are at least trying to think ahead on an IT-related subject, but blimey, what a one to pick!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
