Josh Cowls

I was interviewed on Monocle 24 Radio earlier to discuss Facebook’s announcement that it has identified attempts to influence the forthcoming U.S. midterm elections:

The Monocle Globalist, 1st August.

Radio appearance: Silicon Valley tries to gain a foothold in China

July 26, 2018October 4, 2018 Josh Cowls

I was interviewed on Monocle 24 Radio earlier to discuss attempts by large tech firms such as Facebook to gain a foothold in China:

The Monocle Globalist, 26th July.

Prolegomena to a White Paper on an Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society

July 14, 2018October 3, 2018 Josh Cowls

Myself and Luciano Floridi have released a new paper on SSRN:

Prolegomena to a White Paper on an Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society.

The paper discusses the opportunities and challenges of AI for society and reports the results of a meta analysis, which found that five principles – beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, justice, and explicability – undergird the emerging ethics of AI as expressed by leading multistakeholder organisations.

The ethics of AI: how to hold machines accountable

May 25, 2018October 3, 2018 Josh CowlsLeave a comment

I am quoted in a new article in Raconteur, which also appeared in a supplement to the London Times:
The ethics of AI: how to hold machines accountable. By Nick Easen.

Trolley problem tested in real life for first time with mice

May 11, 2018October 3, 2018 Josh Cowls

I am quoted in this New Scientist piece about new research for the ethical dilemma known as “the trolley problem”, and its implications for building autonomous systems.

Trolley problem tested in real life for first time with mice. By Clare Wilson.

Forget elections — the data sharing that keeps me up at night is much more fundamental

April 5, 2018December 26, 2018 Josh Cowls

Several weeks on from the initial story breaking, we are still feeling the fallout of revelations that data gathered from unwitting Facebook users was used to build a system allegedly to target individual American voters.