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Beth Singler interview: The dangers of treating AI like a god

Artificial intelligence’s lack of transparency is leading many to fear the technology and others to elevate it to a mysterious god-like figure, but we should be more critical of those making decisions about how AI is used, says anthropologist Beth Singler

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The Woebot Labs Inc. application is demonstrated for a photograph in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, July 7, 2017. Woebot Labs develops health care software which offers a platform that makes therapy accessible and stigma-free for patient suffering from anxiety, depression, and mental health issues. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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I bonded with a quirky robot after chatting to it about my fears

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Covid-19 news archive: November to December 2021

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Covid-19 news archive: November to December 2021

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Eurasian Jay in the wild

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Meet the scientists who perform magic tricks on birds

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Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren't as irrational as they seem

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Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren't as irrational as they seem

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Uncredited/AP/Shutterstock (10421309a) This Jan. 12, 2019, photo captured by a Mobile Phone Detection Camera and released by Transport for NSW shows a driver using a mobile phone while driving in Australia. Australian state New South Wales is attempting to persuade the public to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists. New South Wales Roads Minister Andrew Constance said, Australia's most populous state was the first jurisdiction in the world to use such technology to punish drivers distracted by social media, text messages or phone calls. The government intends to roll out 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December, he said Australia Distracted Drivers - 23 Sep 2019

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Australia’s AI cameras catch over 270,000 drivers using their phones

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Terms and conditions, website cookies, concept on the screen of computer

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AI reads boring terms and conditions documents so you don't have to

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ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 31 : A worker uses a metal cutter on a rail on Ankaray subway line during night shift in Ankara, Turkey on March 31, 2018. Long rapid transit line of the Ankara Metro system has been operating for 23 years. Ankaray operates approximately 180 runs on daily basis, with 11 cars. Length of the transit line reaches about 9 kilometers. Night shift workers compete against time while cutting old rails and replacing them with the new ones until the first run in the morning. (Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Night-shift workers who eat only in the day may cut diabetes risk

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A man measures a woman's height

Humans

Humans have been relatively short for thousands of years

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What is an algorithm?

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Algorithms

Originally a way of solving complicated equations with moving variables, the modern definition of an algorithm is morphing

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Canine teeth shrank in human ancestors at least 4.5 million years ago

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Our global agreement on AI could reduce bias and surveillance

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AI has learned to read the time on an analogue clock

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Humans

What can we can learn from being the last type of human left standing?

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