The Hindu Huddle Event
A key session titled ‘AI for all? The dream of a democratised and ethical technology’ will host discussions on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ethics.
Facial Recognition and AI Ethics
- Current AI capabilities include creating facial recognition software that can scrape billions of images from the Internet.
- Ethical considerations currently prevent large AI tools from engaging in such activities.
- The emergence of smaller, decentralised AIs poses a challenge to maintaining ethical standards.
AI Applications and Ethical Concerns
- AI can be used in surveillance, deepfakes, and spreading disinformation, all of which have significant ethical implications.
- AI can automate and embed bias, particularly in hiring processes, where bias might be subtly introduced by tweaking parameters.
Human and Machine Interaction
- People prefer to know whether they are interacting with a human or a machine.
- Companies might conceal AI involvement in designing homes or writing novels to align with consumer comfort levels.
Industry Standards and Ethics in AI
- There is a push for industry standards to govern AI-generated works, like books produced in a single day.
- The feasibility of developing ethical guidelines that keep pace with AI's evolution is questioned.
Ethics and Legal Implications
- Ethics is seen as a part of morality outside government regulation, often lacking enforceability.
- Legal regulation implies government involvement, which businesses may resist in favor of ethical self-regulation.
