I’m Sorry Joe, I’m Afraid I Can’t do That
Artificial intelligence used to be only something we only saw in science fiction films and read about in novels, however AI is becoming more and more apart of our daily lives whether we are aware of it or not.
“We are in an AI first world” Sundar Pachai( CEO of Google)
Artificial Intelligence can seem daunting at times, so lets start with the basics.
When you first start digging deep on AI, it always seems to point to the end of humanity, but if we are cautious AI has so much potential and we are just scratching the surface. AI will grant us near superhuman abilities if implemented properly.
“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand” Eliezer Yudowsky
Dare I say this generation Space Race or Arms Race?
Interview With Alex A.
Amazon’s AI Blunder
Amazon.com Inc’s machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women.
The team had been building computer programs since 2014 to review job applicants’ resumes with the aim of mechanizing the search for top talent, five people familiar with the effort told Reuters.
Automation has been key to Amazon’s e-commerce dominance, be it inside warehouses or driving pricing decisions. The company’s experimental hiring tool used artificial intelligence to give job candidates scores ranging from one to five stars — much like shoppers rate products on Amazon, some of the people said.
“Everyone wanted this holy grail,” one of the people said. “They literally wanted it to be an engine where I’m going to give you 100 resumes, it will spit out the top five, and we’ll hire those.”
But by 2015, the company realized its new system was not rating candidates for software developer jobs and other technical posts in a gender-neutral way.
That is because Amazon’s computer models were trained to vet applicants by observing patterns in resumes submitted to the company over a 10-year period. Most came from men, a reflection of male dominance across the tech industry.
This illustrates one of many problems o short comings of mixing humans with AI.
*Bonus Video
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