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Ethical Technology and Philosophy in the Age of Robots

With the development of smart autonomous machines, maybe even machines that demonstrate a general intelligent and self-awareness, there is a need to discuss ethics. There are also big philosophical questions about artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and social change that we face at this time. This department is tracking the philosophical and ethical side of the second machine age.

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Towards A Post-Privacy World

Towards A Post-Privacy World

Towards a post-privacy world: proposed bill would encourage agencies to widely share your data Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra The federal government has announced a plan to increase the sharing of citizen data across the public sector. This would include...

How To Make AI Trustworthy

How To Make AI Trustworthy

New tool might aid the adoption of technologies such as autonomous vehicles One of the biggest impediments to adoption of new technologies is trust in AI. Now, a new tool developed by USC Viterbi Engineering researchers generates automatic indicators if data and...

‘Deepfakes’ ranked as most serious AI crime threat

‘Deepfakes’ ranked as most serious AI crime threat

Fake audio or video content has been ranked by experts as the most worrying use of artificial intelligence in terms of its potential applications for crime or terrorism, according to a new UCL report. The study, published in Crime Science and funded by the Dawes...

Reining In AI Bias

Reining In AI Bias

An ethical eye on AI New mathematical idea reins in AI bias towards making unethical and costly commercial choices Researchers from the University of Warwick, Imperial College London, EPFL (Lausanne) and Sciteb Ltd have found a mathematical means of helping regulators...

Neurotechnology and the Brain with Laura Cabrera

Neurotechnology and the Brain with Laura Cabrera

The IEEE brain initiative seeks to set standards for, and explore the ethics of many technologies related to the brain and brain-machine interfaces.  Laura Cabrera's interests focus on the ethical and societal implications of neurotechnology and neuroscientific...