AI Policy Futures
Science fiction has long speculated about a future of thinking machines and artificial beings. Now, with artificial intelligence becoming ubiquitous, we need to learn from these speculations to navigate towards a future we want. AI Policy Futures investigates science fiction narratives for policy insights about artificial intelligence. This is a joint project of the Center for Science and the Imagination (CSI) at Arizona State University and the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation, supported by the Hewlett Foundation. policyfutures.org
Stories of Algorithmic Justice (Online)
We often cling to the idea that artificially intelligent systems are neutral arbiters, despite knowing that these systems can only be as good as the parameters and data sets that
Don’t Be Scared of Killer Robots
by Ed Finn The New York Times
Center for Science and the Imagination and Open Technology Institute Launch “AI Policy Futures”
“Science fiction stories exert a powerful influence on how we think about technology and the future. But if we spend all of our time looking over our shoulders for killer robots, that means we are not looking ahead to discern the outcomes we might actually want.”
How humans fit into Google’s machine future
by Ed Finn and Andrew Maynard The Conversation