Yet the reality of AI is that because it is trained on decisions previously made by humans – decisions that themselves embody prejudice – AI tools are biased. This means that companies and other entities seeking to use AI to achieve meaningful, non-discriminatory outcomes, need to approach doing so critically.
Enter: the movement for ethical AI.
Source: AI risks entrenching biases. Here’s how companies can use it more ethically. – Missing Perspectives
Depending on your point of view, the creation of an embryo that is part-human and part-monkey is either a great opportunity for medical experts to create organs and tissues for human transplantation; or, the starting point of a horror movie.
Either way, that premise is now a reality.
Source: The bioethics of the first human-monkey hybrid embryo | Salon.com
Banking, finance and insurance is perceived as the least ethical sector of Australia’s economy, according to a new survey.
Source: Ethics survey: Banking, media and big business on the nose
Events in the US are reviving a thorny ethical debate: should the research of intellectuals found guilty of serious crimes be assigned to the academic junk pile?
Source: Can we separate scholars from their crimes? – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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