Why We Need to Bust Some Myths about AI

In this piece, Daniel Leufer introduces his project, aimyths.org, a website that tackles eight of the most harmful myths and misconceptions about artificial intelligence. By showing the damage caused by everything from misleading headlines about AI progress to attempts to use machine learning to pre...

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Main Author: Daniel Leufer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Patterns
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389920301653
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spelling doaj-5675ebf54ab549919374f50c221ecfc42020-11-25T04:08:54ZengElsevierPatterns2666-38992020-10-0117100124Why We Need to Bust Some Myths about AIDaniel Leufer0Access Now, Brussels Office, Belgium; Mozilla Foundation, Mountain View, CA, USA; Working Group on Philosophy of Technology at KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Corresponding authorIn this piece, Daniel Leufer introduces his project, aimyths.org, a website that tackles eight of the most harmful myths and misconceptions about artificial intelligence. By showing the damage caused by everything from misleading headlines about AI progress to attempts to use machine learning to predict complex social outcomes, Leufer’s project underlines the importance of getting beyond the hype around AI.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389920301653
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