With the rise in machine learning and artificial intelligence, the robotics industry is starting to implement more complex and intelligent robots. Not only will this progress in AI and robotics help to benefit the world, but it will also lead to potential ethical concerns. What type of safety issues do these robots pose? Should intelligent… Read more The Ethical Dilemmas of AI in Robotics
Connor Burri, Patrick O’Mullan, Matthew Spofford, Alex Young While we develop new and innovative technologies, society is continuing to evolve faster than ever before. Technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, and Big Data, are going to affect our future in extreme ways. By looking to historical examples of time periods when technology was rapidly… Read more Looking Down the Barrel of Technological Challenges
The article that we are nominating is Bill Gates on dangers of artificial intelligence: ‘I don’t understand why some people are not concerned’, by Peter Holley. This article talks about Bill Gates’ position on artificial intelligence as he ponders the idea of why humanity is not concerned with this advancement. Many topics of negative implications of AI… Read more AEEC Article Nomination
(AEEC) Connor Burri, Patrick O’Mullan, Matthew Spofford, Alex Young Categorization of people has been a challenging topic for centuries. With developing technologies in the realms of genetics and biometrics, we are for the first time able to accurately categorize people based not just by appearance, but by the molecules that encode their being. However, these… Read more Adversities of the Biometrics and Genetics Industries
The article that we are nominating that we feel should be read this week is The Privacy Delusions Of Genetic Testing, by Peter Pitts, a former commissioner at the FDA. This article brings up the ethical issues related to genetic tests, and how knowledge of what’s in your DNA could cause problems in the future. Link To Article: The… Read more AEEC Article Nomination