Hollywood has colourful notions about artificial intelligence (AI). The popular image is a future where robot armies spontaneously turn to malevolence, pitching humanity in a battle against extinction. In reality, the risks posed by AI today are more insidious and harder to…
Updated at 7:44 a.m. Pacific: This headline and copy has been updated to correct for a misinterpretation of the paper’s findings. Bias in AI is pervasive. From dermatological models that discriminate against patients with darker skin to exam-scoring algorithms that disadvantage public school…
Artificial intelligence may serve as a useful tool for mitigating radiologist bias when interpreting images, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports [1]. CT has value in helping physicians assess patients suffering from COVID-19 (though some have criticized this practice). Quantification of pneumonia, in…
Michael Scott, the protagonist from the US version of The Office, is using an AI recruiter to hire a receptionist. Guardian Australia applies. The text-based system asks applicants five questions that delve into how they responded to past work situations, including dealing…
Turns out, even language models “think” they’re biased. When prompted in ChatGPT, the response was as follows: “Yes, language models can have biases, because the training data reflects the biases present in society from which that data was collected. For example, gender…
As a woman who also became an immigrant, the concepts of equity and inclusion have always been close to my heart. My career began as a journalist, working for newspapers across both Greece and the UK. I wanted to have a more…
Over time, the route to external financing has become a standardized, inefficient process. Founders will go to venture capitalists or wealthy ‘angels’, map out their vision and ask for funding in return for a stake in the business. Investors will do their…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly changed how we live and work. Still, the challenge of AI data bias has come to the forefront. As we head towards a Web3 future, it is only natural that we will see new innovative products, solutions…
A robot operating with a popular Internet-based artificial intelligence system consistently gravitates to men over women, white people over people of color, and jumps to conclusions about peoples’ jobs after a glance at their face. The work, led by Johns Hopkins University,…
In his book Don’t Think of an Elephant, the linguist and philosopher George Lakoff argues that: “Frames are mental structures that shape the way we see the world. As a result they shape the goals we seek, the plans we make, the way…
