AI
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AI mishaps are warning signs we can’t ignore
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Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI, sparked international controversy around the start of this year by creating millions of sexualized edits of users’ photos — including of minors. In replies to images on the social media platform X, users posted requests for Grok, such as “remove her clothes” or…
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Is AI Killing Jobs? A New Bill Seeks Data
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As artificial intelligence models start performing wider ranges of tasks, companies are increasingly claiming to be cutting jobs due to AI. In May, Dario Amodei, the CEO of AI lab Anthropic predicted AI will cause unemployment as high as 20% within five years. In September, Salesforce cut 4,000 employees, saying…
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The Fragile Foundations of the AI Economy
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In the 1840s, Britain experienced one of the largest investment booms in modern economic history. Suddenly, an emerging, epochally transformative technology emerged, promising faster transport, lower costs, and national market integration. Railway mania was born, and capital poured in. At its peak, railway investment reached roughly seven percent of British…
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No Adult Left Behind: Automation, Job Loss, and Education Policy
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Artificial intelligence forces important education policy questions into the national landscape. Automation has only gotten cheaper and more prolific through the introduction of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Self-check-out and autonomous driving have taken center stage in the labor automation discussion but just around the corner is a wave of…
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Has technological innovation lost the plot? An interview with AI ethicist Dr. Shannon Vallor
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Shannon Vallor is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) at the University of Edinburgh, where she is also appointed in Philosophy. Professor Vallor’s research explores how new technologies, especially AI, robotics, and data science, reshape human moral character,…
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How the Artificial Intelligence Act Could Kickstart A Regulation Revolution
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No longer relegated to the world of science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) has penetrated the mainstream. From Isaac Asimov’s influential 1950 literary work I, Robot to modern-day algorithmic decision-making, the rise in AI systems has been fueled by advancements in computer storage, processing speed, and access to big data. The…
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How AI is Changing Human Communication
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In 2013, the science-fiction drama Her questioned whether communication with artificial intelligence could be indistinguishable from communication with humans. While this day is yet to come, AI is increasingly facilitating human-to-human communication. This phenomenon is AI-Mediated Communication (AI-MC), which Jeffrey T. Hancock, Mor Naaman, and Karen Levy define in their recent paper as…
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To Protect Privacy Rights on the Internet, Common Law Needs a Reboot
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Since 1986, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which prohibits unauthorized access to a computer, has been the primary legal proscription against hacking and computer fraud. However, several recent cases surrounding social media and publicly accessible information underscore new concerns around private companies and their violations of the data privacy…
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Pandemic Misinformation Spreads Fast. Can Machine Learning Help?
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As information on the COVID-19 pandemic spreads at a rate rivaling that of the virus itself, separating trustworthy information from sensational and false news is paramount. While the pandemic illuminates the dangers of misleading health stories, researchers have been investigating methods to detect misinformation long before the outbreak. They hope…