The Obama administration is concerned about AI (Artificial Intelligence). If you came to Skynet, it's not Skynet. However, let's say the problem is quite worrying, even without special effects.
It is known that science is increasingly involved in the development of robotic systems. The problem lies in the fine decisions and the dangers that will come from poorly encoded units in the future.
The Obama administration released a report this weekteam, which examines the problems associated with the transition to an increasingly automated world.
The report tries to determine the problems that can arise with the algorithm procedure decision-making that increasingly operates without much (or any) human oversight. Let's see why the Obama administration is worried.
According to the report:
Since the services που χρησιμοποιούν δεδομένα γίνονται όλο και πανταχού παρούσες, και όπως έχουμε δει εξαρτιόμαστε από αυτές όλο και περισσότερο, θα πρέπει να αντιμετωπίσουμε τις ανησυχίες που αφορούν εκ προθέσεως ή σιωπηρές προκαταλήψεις που μπορεί να προκύψουν τόσο από τα δεδομένα όσο και από τους algorithms used, as the impact will reach the user and society.
Transparency issues arise when companies, institutions and organizations use algorithmic systems and automated procedures to inform decisions that affect our lives such as whether or not we will qualify for credit or employment opportunities or what our financial situation, housing and the ads we see.
The idea that robots can make self-awareness and annihilation of humanity may not be so much, but these systems control almost every part of our adult life.
Access to credit, employment, housing, education, and more is typically algorithmically processed by programs that analyze vast amounts of data quickly and find information for each of us on request.
These algorithms with bad codification and poor planning, or biases could lead to inaccuracies, and mistakes that will result in the denial of credit, housing, or even admission to certain schools.
The White House wants to change all of this by developing a moral framework for AI design that will be so accurate that it can work without human intervention.
The White House report does not go into details about what it could mean with all this, but it is clear that the Obama administration is worried about the future that is increasingly based on artificial intelligence and will make decisions that can change the life of man .
A Report on Algorithmic Systems
