How Humans Judge Machines

Posted by World Summit AI on Jan 9, 2020 2:24:23 PM

Do we judge humans and machines equally? Or are our judgments biased depending on who or what is performing an action?


Dozens of experiments have been carried out to compare people's judgments of humans and machines across a variety of situations: from algorithmic bias in hiring decisions, and from autonomous weapons to self-driving vehicles and labor displacement.

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Do you have an AI tech background? If yes, we need you

Posted by World Summit AI on Jan 7, 2020 11:08:43 AM

Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful - Joshua J. Marine

We're calling out to all experts from our 51,000 community members to help us solve some of medicine's greatest challenges. If you have the tech expertise to work together in multi-disciplinary groups to solve the grand challenges below, join us for practical outcomes:

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Connecting the Global Workforce with AI

In a world inundated with data, AI and machine learning are indispensable for making sense of the data we have at scale. At LinkedIn, we’ve built the Economic Graph, a digital representation of the global economy made up of over 660 million members, 36 thousand skills, 30 million companies, 20 million open jobs, and 90 thousand schools. To use this data to connect people to economic opportunity, AI is woven into our platform to improve every aspect of the member experience. Whether you want to look for your next play, expand your network, or simply stay informed on your industry, AI makes these experiences more personalized, powerful, and relevant. In this blog, I’ll share three examples of how AI is used at LinkedIn to help the world’s professionals be more productive and successful.

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Topics: AI

AI Pixie Dust

Posted by Mark Lazarovich on Dec 23, 2019 11:27:45 AM

 

After practicing medicine for over 30 years, being a 62 year old “disruptor” is as exciting as it is frustrating.  Curiosity about emerging technologies exposed me to many “solutions” while 3 decades of patient interactions presented many problems which could be solved “if I could  only get…..”.   Today’s technologies frequently offer answers only visible to those posing the right questions.  Being 62 one develops a long list of questions.

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Topics: AI, Medicine, HealthTech, MedTech

5 different job opportunities in AI

Posted by World Summit AI on Nov 29, 2019 3:00:37 PM

 

It wasn’t all that long ago that we considered AI to be an industry that focused solely on robots that could comprehensively speak the same language as us and understand it in return. Nowadays, AI assists us in predicting the weather and answering questions on business websites. It’s this diverse range of possibilities that make it such a unique industry to join, particularly for those who are trained engineers and programmers.

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Topics: AI

Introducing Yandex.Rover, Our Autonomous Delivery Robot

Posted by Yandex on Nov 22, 2019 12:14:33 AM

When we set out to develop our self-driving technology, we envisioned a future of safer and more convenient transportation. As we continue to advance our technology, we’re excited to announce a new application for our self-driving platform that has the potential to improve many intelligent products and services within the Yandex ecosystem and beyond. Using the proven hardware and software behind our self-driving cars, we’ve built a delivery robot that can intelligently and autonomously deliver small packages.

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Topics: AI

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: Five Things You Should Know

Posted by By Lyndsey Jefferson at Chatham House on Nov 1, 2019 10:39:56 AM

Artificial Intelligence is changing the world as we know it. Find out five key insights from the World Summit AI that brought together tech companies, academics and start-ups in Amsterdam.

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Topics: AI

AI in control

Posted by Andrew Shefford, Head of IT Internal Audit, KPMG in the UK on Oct 24, 2019 4:40:40 PM

World changing technologies over human history all involve a common element: Control.

The benefits of AI will only fully emerge when algorithms become explainable (and, hence, understandable) in simple language, to anyone.

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Topics: AI

Oracle for Startups

Posted by Oracle for Start Ups on Oct 10, 2019 6:56:09 PM

5 Startups Using AI For Altruistic Ends 

A raft of new startups are harnessing AI technology with the intention of solving some of mankind’s biggest injustices. Meet 5 unique global startups that have one thing in common: they are scaling on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in 2019.

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Topics: AI, Ethics, Bias

Augmentation and Innovation...Not Just Automation

Posted by Accenture on Oct 9, 2019 2:03:55 PM

 

AI is regularly plagued by the headline: ‘robots are going to steal our jobs’. The fear felt by workers in roles which are looking to be automated with intelligent machines is of course understandable and justified, but there is much more to the AI conversation if instead of replacement, we consider what can be added to jobs done by people.

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Topics: AI, Ethics, Bias

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