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
Machine Learning Advances Human-Computer Interaction by Lindsey Valich is about the differences in computer learning and human learning. Including the fact that, computers require more data points to recognize patterns. It also mentions computerized speech assistants which can detect facial expressions and speech patterns to help improve public speaking. This program can not understand the… Read more SAFTB Article Nomination
This article discusses some of the issues with fully autonomous vehicles and stresses the importance of the interaction between the driver and the car. It resembles the idea of referring to technology and humans as “we” as discussed in class. Link to the article: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/self-driving-cars-will-need-people-too/
This article from Forbes by John Koetsier titled “Top Russian Cybernetics Experts On AI, Robot Morals, Human Extinction … And Self-Driving Cars” expands upon some of the topics that we have discussed in class. As the title suggests, this article details how a cybernetics experts feels about many of the recent developments in technology, and how… Read more BIFSTOU Article Nomination
In this Forbes article the question of what is actually AI and what AI is actually in use today. It looks at whether or not what many call AI is actually AI or not. It looks at popular companies like Apple, Amazon, and Tesla to see if AI is actually an accurate description of said… Read more PORMAGEI Article Choice: “10 Powerful Examples of Artificial Intelligence in Use Today”
This article from the MIT Technology Review, written by Will Knight, is about the issues that arise when discussing artificial intelligence. For example, when people create the algorithms behind automated decision making, we still can’t truly explain how these decisions are made because these computers are programming themselves. This raises the question of how well… Read more EGMOSAM Article Nomination
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
The Boring and Exciting World of Biometrics We believe that this article would be a great addition to this weeks discussions, because it connects to the majority of our discussion from class today (9/17/18). The author goes through the entire line of thinking that occurs when talking about biometrics, starting with a wonderment at how… Read more BIFSTOU Article Nomination
Our nomination is FBI Wish List: An App That Can Recognize the Meaning of Your Tattoos by Dave Maass. This article relates to our class discussion of how biometric technology can be used to profile people for subjective reasons. The article describes how biometric technology can be used to not only identify criminals by their… Read more (ACHSRE) Article Nomination
Our article is “Facial-Recognition Software Might Have a Racial Bias Problem” by Clare Garvie and Johnathan Frankle. This article is similar to those in classes and focuses on the idea of Facial Identification and possible biases/inaccuracies which were unintentionally created in the program during the development process. Below is the link to the article. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/the-underlying-bias-of-facial-recognition-systems/476991/