Ethics and Privacy in AI

As artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to consume our lives, ethics has never been more important than it is today. We are moving towards an era, where for the first time, experts are contradicting each other towards the uncertainty of our future. Considerations around ethics need to be at the forefront of the brightest minds who will be developing the algorithms and machines of the future. In the next three articles, I will take a snapshot look at the rise of ethics – starting with privacy and then followed by content ownership, the implications of AI, what is being done to ensure trustworthy AI, and some interesting areas to keep up to date with. All thoughts, views, and comments are my own.

The Truman Effect

The very first breath of today’s generation is almost acceptance of the terms that our face will be immediately photographed and presented to the social realms for those all exclusive ‘likes’. We’re pretty much born without a decision, but does it get any better? As we roam the streets, do our shopping, drive our cars, or pop into our neighbours for a cup of coffee, our faces are becoming increasingly captured and recognized by surveillance…