All Narratives (356)
Find narratives by ethical themes or by technologies.
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- Wall Street Journal
- 2019
The automatization of technological repair and maintenance through AI allows systems to monitor themselves and correct themselves more quickly than a human worker could.
- Wall Street Journal
- 2019
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- Wall Street Journal
- 2019
AI Powers “Self-Healing” Technology
The automatization of technological repair and maintenance through AI allows systems to monitor themselves and correct themselves more quickly than a human worker could.
What are the potential dangers of having “self-healing” computers by taking the human element out? How might using algorithms to analyse networks be better or worse than human oversight? What effect does repair automatisation have on the previous employees?
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- Science Daily
- 2019
New Robots could help elderly adults over 85 live independently in smart homes, rather than relying on nursing homes or health assistants for care. While these robots are still in the testing phase, they have so far been rated favorably.
- Science Daily
- 2019
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- Science Daily
- 2019
Smart Home Tests First Elder Care Robot
New Robots could help elderly adults over 85 live independently in smart homes, rather than relying on nursing homes or health assistants for care. While these robots are still in the testing phase, they have so far been rated favorably.
What are the dangers of robots doing previously-human jobs, such as care-giving? What is needed to trust robots to take care of loved ones?
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- 5 min
- MIT Media Lab
- 2019
Using personal robots to help children learn can be more effective when robots exhibit relational habits, such as mirroring kids’ pitch. Potential positive narrative of children and personal robots/artificial intelligence.
- MIT Media Lab
- 2019
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- MIT Media Lab
- 2019
Kids’ relationships and learning with social robots
Using personal robots to help children learn can be more effective when robots exhibit relational habits, such as mirroring kids’ pitch. Potential positive narrative of children and personal robots/artificial intelligence.
Should we create robots that can act as peers to younger children? Are there drawbacks, such as isolation from true human contact, that may arise from building robot peers that so effectively mirror human traits?
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- Silicon Angle
- 2019
Artificial Companions assist developmentally disabled kids based on the principle that humans can indeed form emotional connections with nonhuman objects. In fact, it is not exceedingly difficult for robots to read or mirror human emotions, which could have positive implications in workplace or educational settings.
- Silicon Angle
- 2019
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- Silicon Angle
- 2019
Empathic AI mirrors human emotions to help autistic children
Artificial Companions assist developmentally disabled kids based on the principle that humans can indeed form emotional connections with nonhuman objects. In fact, it is not exceedingly difficult for robots to read or mirror human emotions, which could have positive implications in workplace or educational settings.
Is it possible to develop an emotional connection with a robotic companion? How can robotic company improve behaviour? How does it compare to human company?
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- 7 min
- Singularity Hub
- 2018
New inventions which help study or improve brain functions will hopefully become more democratized and obtainable down the road, despite being currently expensive. Machines such as wearable MRIs or Brain-Machine Interfaces ideally simplify invasive medical procedures, and provide hopes for recovery from afflictions such as strokes or depression.
- Singularity Hub
- 2018
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- 7 min
- Singularity Hub
- 2018
Hacking the Mind just got easier with these new tools
New inventions which help study or improve brain functions will hopefully become more democratized and obtainable down the road, despite being currently expensive. Machines such as wearable MRIs or Brain-Machine Interfaces ideally simplify invasive medical procedures, and provide hopes for recovery from afflictions such as strokes or depression.
What are some risks that may be involved with technology being able to control our neuronal activity? How can we ensure that adoption of this technology remains a choice and not an imposition?
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- 27 min
- Cornell Tech
- 2019
Podcast about worker quantification in factors such as hiring, productivity and more. Dives into the discussion on why we should attempt a fair making of algorithms. Warns specifically about how algorithms can find “proxy variables” to approximate for cultural fits like race or gender even when the algorithms is supposedly controlled for these factors.
- Cornell Tech
- 2019
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- 27 min
- Cornell Tech
- 2019
Quantifying Workers
Podcast about worker quantification in factors such as hiring, productivity and more. Dives into the discussion on why we should attempt a fair making of algorithms. Warns specifically about how algorithms can find “proxy variables” to approximate for cultural fits like race or gender even when the algorithms is supposedly controlled for these factors.
What are the dangers of having an algorithm involved in the hiring process? Is efficiency worth the cost in this scenario? Can humans ever be placed in a binary context?
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