Artificial intelligence risks GM-style public backlash, experts warn
Researchers say social, ethical and political concerns are mounting and greater oversight is urgently needed
Currently, there are no testing standards or requirement for AIs to explain their decisions. There is also no organisation equipped to monitor and investigate any bad decisions or accidents.
Wednesday 1 November 2017 06.30 EDT
Last modified on Thursday 2 November 2017 05.58 EDT
The emerging field of artificial intelligence (AI) risks provoking a public backlash as it increasingly falls into private hands, threatens people’s jobs, and operates without effective oversight or regulatory control, leading experts in the technology warn.
At the start of a new Guardian series on AI, experts in the field highlight the huge potential for the technology, which is already speeding up scientific and medical research, making cities run more smoothly, and making businesses more efficient.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/01/artificial-intelligence-risks-gm-style-public-backlash-experts-warn
