Subvolts take Explore AI's ethical side and ensure it works for everyone with DeepMind's ethics and research leaders. Sep 3, 2019 - Developers
- Understand the ethical considerations and potential biases to build more responsible AI systems.
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- Learn about the societal implications of AI and how to approach its development and deployment ethically.
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- Gain insight into the concerns surrounding AI and how efforts are underway to ensure it serves humanity broadly.
This episode features DeepMind leaders discussing AI ethics and societal impact, offering insights into responsible AI development.
AI for everyone
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Hannah Fry hosts this Google DeepMind podcast episode exploring the human side of AI. Guests Verity Harding, Lila Ibrahim, William Isaac, and Silvia Chiappa discuss ethical concerns, responsible development, and creating AI that benefits everyone. The conversation touches on bias in AI systems and efforts to ensure AI's future is inclusive.
This podcast episode looks at the human side of artificial intelligence. It discusses worries about how AI is made and used, and how to make sure it helps all people, not just a few.
This episode offers a look at AI ethics and societal impact, crucial for understanding the broader implications of AI development. It's for anyone concerned about how AI is built and used, connecting to current discussions around responsible AI at major labs like Google DeepMind. The focus on bias and inclusivity highlights ongoing research and policy considerations.
- HostHannah Fry
- GuestVerity HardingCo-Lead of DeepMind Ethics and Society, DeepMind
- GuestLila IbrahimCOO, DeepMind
- GuestWilliam Isaacresearch scientist, DeepMind
- GuestSilvia Chiapparesearch scientist, DeepMind
- Show: Google DeepMind: The Podcast
- Episode Title: AI for everyone
- Length: 29 minutes
- Guests: Verity Harding, Lila Ibrahim, William Isaac, Silvia Chiappa
While there is a lot of excitement about AI research, there are also concerns about the way it might be implemented, used and abused. In this episode Hannah investigates the more human side of the technology, some ethical issues around how it is developed and used, and the efforts to create a future of AI that works for everyone.
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Further reading:
- The Partnership on AI
- ProPublica: investigation into machine bias in criminal sentencing
- Science Museum – free exhibition: Driverless: who is in control (until Oct 2020)
- Survival of the best fit: An interactive game that demonstrates some of the ways in which bias can be introduced into AI systems, in this case for hiring
- Joy Buolamwini: AI, Ain’t I a Woman: A spoken word piece exploring AI bias, and systems not recognising prominent black women
- Hannah Fry: Hello World - How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
- DeepMind: Safety and Ethics
- Future of Humanity Institute: AI Governance:A Research Agenda
Interviewees: Verity Harding, Co-Lead of DeepMind Ethics and Society; DeepMind’s COO Lila Ibrahim, and research scientists William Isaac and Silvia Chiappa.
Credits:
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Editor: David Prest
Senior Producer: Louisa Field
Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon
Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown
Music composition: Eleni Shaw (with help from Sander Dieleman and WaveNet)
Commissioned by DeepMind
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Questions people ask
- What ethical issues does the episode address?
- The episode investigates ethical concerns around how AI is developed and used, including issues of bias in AI systems.
- What resources are recommended for further reading?
- Recommendations include work from the Partnership on AI, ProPublica on machine bias, the Science Museum's 'Driverless' exhibition, and resources from Joy Buolamwini and DeepMind's Safety and Ethics.
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