I appeared on Monocle 24 earlier to discuss the hacking and release of EU diplomatic cables.
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Digital Catapult Establishes Ethics Committee
I am delighted to be part of Digital Catapult’s new Machine Intelligence Garage Ethics Committee. The Ethics Framework created by the Committee is now also available.
Radio appearance: emergency mobile alerts
I was interviewed on Monocle 24 Radio earlier to discuss the delayed launch of an emergency alert system in the US:
Ethics and innovation belong hand in hand
New blog post at The Turing:
Ethics and innovation belong hand in hand. By Helen Margetts, Cosmina Dorobantu, and Josh Cowls.
Prolegomena to a White Paper on an Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society
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
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
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.
Tweeting All the Way to the White House
Cowls, Josh, and Schroeder, Ralph (2018). Tweeting All The Way to the White House. In Boczkowski, Pablo & Papacharissi, Zizi. (Eds.). (2018). Trump and the Media. MIT Press.
The internet revolution in the sciences and humanities (Review)
Myself and Evan Higgins have a new book review in Internet Histories:
Thesis presentation: From Trump Tower to the White House, in 140 Characters
The presentation of my MIT thesis, “From Trump Tower to the White House, in 140 Characters”, is now available:
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