I mean, any opportunity to go with that photo, right? You may well have heard now about the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Pledge that came out a couple of days ago. If you have not, well, as you can imagine a number of high profile people, organizations and companies pledge that The Terminator shall not become a documentary.… Continue reading No fate but etc. etc.
Category: Regulating AI
Brought to you by the number 3…
Today's post is the third principle in my Collected Principles of AI Regulation. I borrowed it from a rule that governs the conduct of lawyers -- see 7.6 in the Law Society of Ontario's Rules of Professional Conduct which roughly translates to lawyers should rat each other out and not truck with a lawyer who is non-compliant with… Continue reading Brought to you by the number 3…
The Future Computed; a (partial) book review
I picked up this book by Microsoft at the AI Summit 2018 (conference swag!). If it seems like flying to England is an expensive price for a book, get a copy for free at the links at the bottom of this page. I'm not going to review the whole book but only focus on a couple of parts… Continue reading The Future Computed; a (partial) book review
AI, unmasked
A couple of days ago I began a list of principles of AI regulation . I am unashamed to say that most of these are likely to come from other sources. But the second principle I propose is that all AI must fail the Turing Test (which was a clumsy artful way of saying that… Continue reading AI, unmasked
LIKEAFREIGHTTRAIN
This is literally the worst possible metaphor for what is coming in terms of AI. First of all, why would you terrify people like this is some kind of unstoppable force that is going to crash into everything and cause chaos. Second, AI isn't coming at us in some single linear fashion, so that we can… Continue reading LIKEAFREIGHTTRAIN
Viene la tormenta! 