Do We Need to Dehumanize Artificial Intelligence?

An interview with leading AI expert Joanna Bryson on Over Anthropomorphizing AI, Bias, and System’s Design for Safe AI.

“It is not the AI that is taking over decisions. It is the people that are deciding to put AI in charge of decisions, and that is something that they are then in control of.”

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Joanna is an associate professor of AI at Bath University, and an affiliate at Princeton University. She has been working on various fields such as natural intelligence, culture, religion and also intensively on the design of intelligent systems. Her first experiences with AI date back to the mid-80s.

We were lucky to talk to Joanna for an hour to explore more of her in-depth experiences and viewpoints.

Could you tell us a little bit about your background? How did you get into AI?

“I do really enjoy programming; I like the fact that you can build worlds and the…