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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 12, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy

Tagged
corporate surveillance, Surveillance}

AI Can Mean Ultimate Big Surveillance

_{That’s what we should really worry about} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 12, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy}

The celebrity worry about superintelligent AI taking over and getting rid of us humans distracts our attention from a real-world fact: Artificial intelligence (AI) maximizes the opportunities while crashing the costs of corporate and government surveillance. Both have grown massively in recent years, with predictable results. The surveillants don’t by any means want to get rid of us. They want to take over and run our lives, ostensibly for our own good but certainly for theirs.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 12, 2018

Categorized
Applied Intelligence

Tagged
driverless cars, self-driving cars, Unintended Consequences}

Self-driving cars hit an unnoticed pothole

_{Denyse O'Leary
July 12, 2018

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Applied Intelligence}

Brandom at The Verge fears that self-driving cars might be hitting an “AI roadblock.” On its face, full autonomy seems closer than ever. Waymo is already testing cars on limited-but-public roads in Arizona. Tesla and a host of other imitators already sell a limited form of Autopilot, counting on drivers to intervene if anything unexpected happens. There have been a few crashes, some deadly, but as long as the systems keep improving, the logic goes, we can’t be that far from not having to intervene at all. “Not having to intervene at all”? One is reminded of the fellow in C. S. Lewis’s anecdote who, when he heard that a more modern stove would cut his fuel bill in half, Read More ›

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Robert J. Marks
Date
July 11, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Why “Mind Matters” Matter

_{Robert J. Marks
July 11, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Mind Matters is a podcast and a news and commentary site where “artificial and natural intelligence meet head-on.” That’s a great slogan, but what does it mean? As your host for the podcast part of the site, I thought I’d take advantage of my role to talk you about some of our exciting plans for both the podcast and the online journal (the latter to be edited by science journalist Denyse O’Leary). Here’s a quick run-down: Topics Mind Matters will track the latest developments in applied AI and technology. How will AI continue to augment human performance and abilities? What are the latest innovations of AI? And how does AI affect you? How is AI applied in pricing your admission Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 9, 2018

Categorized
Work

Tagged
Apocalypticism, Automation, Featured, Jay Richards, The Human Advantage, Unemployment}

Will AI lead to mass joblessness and social unrest?

_{Denyse O'Leary
July 9, 2018

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Work}

A 2018 book by political scientist Virginia Eubanks, Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor argues that it will: “automated systems entrench social and economic inequality by design and undermine private and public welfare.”

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Mind Matters
Date
June 18, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Job Displacement}

The Threat, Promise, and Limits of AI

_{New Center to Explore the Possibilities} _{Mind Matters
June 18, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence}

What is a human being? Are we unique creatures, bearing evidence of purpose in our making? Or are we meat-clad robots, a race of glitchy natural machines sprung up by chance through unguided evolution?

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Mind Matters
Date
June 1, 2018

Categorized
Events}

Will the Machines Take Over?

_{Human Uniqueness in the Age of Smart Machines} _{Mind Matters
June 1, 2018

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Events}

Join the staff of Mind Matters in Seattle on Wednesday, July 11 for a fascinating evening exploring these questions as part of the launch of Discovery Institute’s new Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, named in honor of Discovery Institute Fellow Walter Bradley, whose distinguished academic career included professorships at both Texas A&M and Baylor University.