What Artificial Intelligence Really Is And Why That’s So Powerful and Potentially Dangerous
We’re (only) human
For many many decades now, we’ve been science-fiction-fantasizing about what a world and a life with AI in it would be like.
And, for a few short decades, we’ve been building that world.
Facebook’s algorithms are watching your every move, online and off. Figuring out with scary precision and accuracy what you’re likely to pause your scrolling for, click, watch, and react to.
And what you’ll spend money on. Ka-ching.
Google, Facebook and Apple know more about you than your government and even its intelligence services. We can deduce that from the fact that government intelligence agencies keep forcing their way into big tech companies’ databases. And from the fact that Edward Snowden and Cambridge Analytica exist.
Machines can now recognize your face. Your emotional state, your body temperature and heart rate. Don’t worry, if you’re a woman or black, they’re not that good at recognizing your face. Or should that make you worried?
Don’t know. Either way, I salute Timnit Gebru. This field needs more Ethics, Empathy, and Inclusion. And for sure, more women.
