Joy Buolamwini was conducting research at MIT on how computers recognized people’s faces, when she started experiencing something weird….. Whenever she sat before a system’s front-facing camera, it wouldn’t recognize her face, even after working for her lighter-skinned friends.…
AI “paper-clip maximizer” metaphor can explain humanity’s imminent doom As technology progresses at an exponential rate, we must take a step back to ask what we’re optimizing for. Source: Artificial intelligence’s “paper-clip maximizer” metaphor can…
Facial recognition technology is improving by leaps and bounds. Some commercial software can now tell the gender of a person in a photograph. When the person in the photo is a white man, the software…
Want to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally? Facebook’s self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you. Source: Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’ — ProPublica
One key reason we don’t control our devices is that the companies that make them seem to think – and definitely act like – they still own them, even after we’ve bought them. Source: The…
Moving beyond a back-end tool for the enterprise, artificial intelligence (AI) is taking on more sophisticated roles within technology interfaces. From autonomous driving vehicles that use computer vision, to live translations made possible by machine…
A decade ago companies were mainly focused on data mining, search technology, and virtual collaboration. Today, executives are directing their energy toward artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things. In 2007, companies lacked…
Human biases can pollute the “objectivity” of machine learning algorithms, writes Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP of product innovation at C Space. Source: Machine Learning: Beware the Bias | DigitalNext – AdAge
Stage 1: Understand your customer completely. Stage 2: Use location to add precision and context. Stage 3: Create relevant communications at the right time on the right channel. Source: 3 Steps To Digitally Transform Customer…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging in applications like autonomous vehicles and medical assistance devices. But even when the technology is ready to use and has been shown to meet customer demands, there’s still a great…