Only philosophy can beat AI
No computer can be programmed to question its own moral code.
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AI porn will never be sexy
Machine-generated erotica lacks a human touch.
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ChatGPT and the death of the author
AI-powered chatbots are not only exploiting human creativity but rapidly eroding it.
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Big Tech’s race for our data is on
The question is who we want to own the data, and how badly we want the AI that it feeds.
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Amazon’s worker surveillance “leads to extreme stress and anxiety”
Academics have warned MPs that the use of connected tech in the workplace needs to be better regulated.
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Carl Benedikt Frey: in an automated future, trade unions will be more important than ever
The economist says Britain is at a crucial turning point: use robots to boost productivity and jobs, or risk unrest.
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I am haunted by the fear of being usurped by an artificial intelligence program
With relentlessly miserable weather and inspiration running dry, the last thing I need is a digital doppelgänger.
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Doug Gurr: “We are potentially decades away from a mass extinction”
As Cop15 ends, the former Amazon boss turned director of the Natural History Museum wants to make nature count by…
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ChatGPT proves that AI still has a racism problem
Even the most advanced artificial intelligence is hindered by the inherently racist data it’s trained on.
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AI can only do hollow, hotel lobby art
Lensa will eventually mean AI is taught using AI art.
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The Policy Ask with Mark Girolami: “Computer science should be compulsory at GCSE level”
The Alan Turing Institute’s chief scientist on the importance of computing education and using data to clean up the UK’s…
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Technology has eroded liberal democracy. But it could also be used to restore it
From using AI to inform legislature to strengthening online voting, institutions are increasingly looking to tech to help protect civic…
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Do mapping apps exacerbate prejudice?
GIS navigation tools have come to dictate our mobility – but their suggested routes are not free from bias.
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Why Babylon is scaling back its ambitions in the UK
Though increasingly popular with its cohort of younger patients, Babylon’s digital-first strategy appears to be in trouble.
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How ethical data sourcing is helping to tackle child sexual abuse online
An Australian project shows how AI can make searching for and identifying illegal material a less traumatic process.
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Is facial recognition tech in public spaces ever justified?
The food store chain Southern Co-op faces a legal case over its use of surveillance technology.
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Can AI automate human creativity?
If artificial intelligence can create art, what happens to the artist?
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The dangerous fallacy of sentient AI
Ignore the Silicon Valley messiahs. They only expose how little most of us know about the technology and its ethics.
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How data can help revive our high streets in the age of online shopping
By understanding the impacts of everything from online shopping to changing demographics, we can level up communities.
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Inside Europe’s fight for ethical AI
France wants to expand the scope of the EU’s groundbreaking new AI Act. Do its plans go far enough?
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