The language of ethics: Microsoft’s plans for AI. CEO Satya Nadella speaks of the need for programming a higher artificial intelligence. From the article:

Speaking at Microsoft’s Leading Transformation in AI event in London, Nadella predicted AI will render enormous change in “every walk of life”, but warned that developers, including those in his own company, would need to take their ethical responsibilities seriously.

“We’re at that stage where the choices we make are grounded in the fact that technology development doesn’t just happen – it happens because us humans make design choices,” he said…. “Those design choices need to be grounded in principles and ethics – and that’s what’s the best way to ensure the future we all want.”…

One of the key challenges in language, he said, “is the models that pick up language and learn from the corpus of human data available”….

“Unfortunately the corpus of human data is full of biases,” he conceded, “so you need to invest in tooling that allows us to de-bias when you model language from the corpus of human data.”

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