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From What to How: An Initial Review of Publicly Available AI Ethics Tools, Methods and Research to Translate Principles into Practices
From What to How: An Initial Review of Publicly Available AI Ethics Tools, Methods and Research to Translate Principles into Practices
The debate about the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence dates from the 1960s (Samuel in Science, 132(3429):741–742, 1960. 10.1126/science.132.3429.741; Wiener in Cybernetics: or control and communication in the animal and the machine, ...
·ncbi.nlm.nih.gov·
From What to How: An Initial Review of Publicly Available AI Ethics Tools, Methods and Research to Translate Principles into Practices
The History of Artificial Intelligence - Science in the News
The History of Artificial Intelligence - Science in the News
by Rockwell Anyoha Can Machines Think? In the first half of the 20th century, science fiction familiarized the world with the concept of artificially intelligent robots. It began with the “heartless” Tin man from the Wizard of Oz and continued with the humanoid robot that impersonated Maria in Metropolis. By the 1950s, we had a generation of scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers with the concept of …
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The History of Artificial Intelligence - Science in the News
Welcome to the Era of the A.I. Smartphone
Welcome to the Era of the A.I. Smartphone
Apple and Google are getting up close and personal with user data to craft memos, summarize documents and generate images.
·nytimes.com·
Welcome to the Era of the A.I. Smartphone
Clashing priorities: AI and climate risk
Clashing priorities: AI and climate risk
Microsoft’s total carbon emissions have grown by about 30% since 2020, driven largely by indirect emissions from constructing new data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
·ubs.com·
Clashing priorities: AI and climate risk
Sustainable Computing in the New World of AI
Sustainable Computing in the New World of AI
A conversation with Adam Wierman, the Carl F Braun Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and director of Information Science and Technology
·caltech.edu·
Sustainable Computing in the New World of AI
Report reveals astronomical problems as Google launches itself into evolving world of AI: ‘We’re working to address the impact’
Report reveals astronomical problems as Google launches itself into evolving world of AI: ‘We’re working to address the impact’
Google is reportedly making attempts to stay ahead of the problem. Report reveals astronomical problems as Google launches itself into evolving world of AI: ‘We’re working to address the impact’ first appeared on The Cool Down.
·msn.com·
Report reveals astronomical problems as Google launches itself into evolving world of AI: ‘We’re working to address the impact’
AI and the Problem of Knowledge Collapse
AI and the Problem of Knowledge Collapse
While artificial intelligence has the potential to process vast amounts of data, generate new insights, and unlock greater productivity, its widespread adoption may entail unforeseen consequences....
·arxiv.org·
AI and the Problem of Knowledge Collapse
AI’s Gender Bias Reflects Society’s Systemic Inequalities – OpEd
AI’s Gender Bias Reflects Society’s Systemic Inequalities – OpEd
By Rafael Hernandez de Santiago In the sprawling city of Techville, there is a new player on the scene — and it is not your typical Silicon Valley startup or cutting-edge gadget.  No, dear...
·eurasiareview.com·
AI’s Gender Bias Reflects Society’s Systemic Inequalities – OpEd
AI Explained: The Deceptive Art of GANs
AI Explained: The Deceptive Art of GANs
Generative adversarial (GANs) networks are transforming AI by creating images, videos and audio, blurring the line between truth and fiction.
·pymnts.com·
AI Explained: The Deceptive Art of GANs
Re-evaluating GPT-4’s bar exam performance
Re-evaluating GPT-4’s bar exam performance
Artificial Intelligence and Law - Perhaps the most widely touted of GPT-4’s at-launch, zero-shot capabilities has been its reported 90th-percentile performance on the Uniform Bar Exam. This...
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Re-evaluating GPT-4’s bar exam performance
Karen Hao Combats Company Stonewalling about AI’s Resource Demands - The Open Notebook
Karen Hao Combats Company Stonewalling about AI’s Resource Demands - The Open Notebook
Karen Hao, an artificial intelligence reporter and columnist for The Atlantic, recently wondered how much water and energy computing data centers use. When Hao homed in on one facility, she learned tech corporations weren’t always keen on divulging the answers. Shi En Kim spoke with Hao about how she dealt with stonewalling from Microsoft and found creative workarounds to illustrate the scale of AI’s environmental footprint, even in the absence of official statistics.
·theopennotebook.com·
Karen Hao Combats Company Stonewalling about AI’s Resource Demands - The Open Notebook
Data centers could use 9% of US electricity by 2030, research institute says
Data centers could use 9% of US electricity by 2030, research institute says
Data centers could use up to 9% of total electricity generated in the United States by the end of the decade, more than doubling their current consumption, as technology companies pour funds into expanding their computing hubs, the Electric Power Research Institute said on Wednesday.
·reuters.com·
Data centers could use 9% of US electricity by 2030, research institute says