Here’s an astounding statistic: Between 2015 and 2019, global use of artificial intelligence grew by 270%. It’s estimated that 85% of Americans are already using AI products daily, whether they now it or not. It’s easy to conflate artificial intelligence with superior intelligence, as though machine learning based on massive…
If you’ve attended any of the recent Black Lives Matter protests, there’s a good chance you’ve been caught on camera. And if your image has been shared on social media, it could end up in a facial recognition database used by police. Computer…
An AI-powered portrait generator went viral last week thanks to its ability to turn selfies into realistic Impressionist portraits. For people of color, however, the results leave much to be desired. The flaw in AI Portrait Ars, an app built by researchers…
In the light of the Black Lives Matter protests, AI and facial recognition vendors and users are taking notice of concerns over racial bias and privacy, reports Ron Alalouff. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has come under the spotlight recently, especially…
Introduction to bias, variance, bias-variance trade-off and its impact on the model. Howdy Readers, As an absolute beginner in Machine Learning, some of the concepts might seem overwhelming. Bias and variance are among such concepts that often create confusion. It’s very important…
automated speech recognition software. But uses of that technology go far beyond consumer electronics. Companies use AI services to screen job applicants. Court reporters use speech recognition tools to produce records of depositions and trial proceedings. Physicians use software by Nuance and Suki to dictate clinical notes. If you have…
Artificial intelligence (AI) presents an opportunity to transform how we allocate credit and risk, and to create fairer, more inclusive systems. AI’s ability to avoid the traditional credit reporting and scoring system that helps perpetuate existing bias makes it a rare, if not unique,…
Bias in Happiness People tend to believe earning more will lead to increasing happiness. If you’re making twenty thousand dollars doubling your income to forty will, by all accounts, actually increase your happiness. But doubling your income again to eighty and then…
Amazon, Microsoft and IBM stopped selling facial recognition technology to police departments after rising concerns that their tools might lead to unfair treatment of African-Americans. But one New England city with a significant black and Latinx population still uses artificial intelligence tools…
In 1963, Martin Luther King gave his “I have a dream” speech, words that reflected the thoughts and attitudes of civil rights activists at the time, and lit a torch that lives on in the hearts and minds of those who fight…
