Promotion of Human Values (142)
Find narratives by ethical themes or by technologies.
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- 5 min
- Wired
- 2021
A computer vision algorithm created by an MIT PhD student and trained on a large data set of mammogram photos from several years show potential for use in radiology. The algorithm is able to identify risk for breast cancer seemingly more reliably than the older statistical models through tagging the data with attributes that human eyes have missed. This would allow for customization in screening and treatment plans.
- Wired
- 2021
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- 5 min
- Wired
- 2021
These Doctors are using AI to Screen for Breast Cancer
A computer vision algorithm created by an MIT PhD student and trained on a large data set of mammogram photos from several years show potential for use in radiology. The algorithm is able to identify risk for breast cancer seemingly more reliably than the older statistical models through tagging the data with attributes that human eyes have missed. This would allow for customization in screening and treatment plans.
Do there seem to be any drawbacks to using this technology widely? How important is transparency of the algorithm in this case, as long as it seems to provide accurate results? How might this change the nature of doctor-patient relationships?
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- 5 min
- Indie Wire
- 2021
New virtual exhibits displayed through Web XR, or Extended Reality available over the network of internet browsers, allow Black artists and creators to present ancestral knowledge and stories while providing a new basis on which AI could be trained. This use of AI leads to an imagination free of colonial or racist constructs that may otherwise be present in digital media.
- Indie Wire
- 2021
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- 5 min
- Indie Wire
- 2021
How Black Storytellers Are Using XR and Afro-Futurism to Explore Ancestral Identity
New virtual exhibits displayed through Web XR, or Extended Reality available over the network of internet browsers, allow Black artists and creators to present ancestral knowledge and stories while providing a new basis on which AI could be trained. This use of AI leads to an imagination free of colonial or racist constructs that may otherwise be present in digital media.
How does artificial intelligence and augmented reality open doors for expression of minority voices? How can digital art be used to make a specific statement or call for a cultural shift? What are the benefits of applying wisdom from across the globe and before the digital age into the design and deployment of digital technologies?
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- 10 min
- Slate
- 2021
Using the tale of Art History Professor François-Marc Gagnon, whose video lectures were used to instruct students even after his death, this article raises questions about how technologies such as digital memory and data streaming for education in the time of coronavirus may ultimately undervalue the work of educators.
- Slate
- 2021
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- 10 min
- Slate
- 2021
How a Dead Professor Is Teaching a University Art History Class
Using the tale of Art History Professor François-Marc Gagnon, whose video lectures were used to instruct students even after his death, this article raises questions about how technologies such as digital memory and data streaming for education in the time of coronavirus may ultimately undervalue the work of educators.
What are the largest possible detriments to automating teaching, both for students and for educators? If large amounts of data from a given course or discipline were used to train an AI to teach a course, what would such a program do well, and what aspects of education would be missed? How can educators have more personal control over the digital traces of their teaching? At what point might broader access to educational materials through digital networks actually harm certain groups of people?
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- 3 min
- Kinolab
- 2019
In an imagined future of London, citizens all across the globe are connected to the Feed, a device and network accessed constantly through a brain-computer interface. Tom, the son of the Feed’s creator Lawrence, realizes that his best friend Max is a robot of sorts, posing as a human. In reality, the body in the tub is a host which contains the digital consciousness of Max, formerly uploaded to a cloud through his feed and then downloaded into this new body. The new version of Max debates with Tom about why he should be considered a true human being.
- Kinolab
- 2019
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- 3 min
- Kinolab
- 2019
Digital Cloning
In an imagined future of London, citizens all across the globe are connected to the Feed, a device and network accessed constantly through a brain-computer interface. Tom, the son of the Feed’s creator Lawrence, realizes that his best friend Max is a robot of sorts, posing as a human. In reality, the body in the tub is a host which contains the digital consciousness of Max, formerly uploaded to a cloud through his feed and then downloaded into this new body. The new version of Max debates with Tom about why he should be considered a true human being.
If having brain-computer interfaces collect millions of data points from each person, including memories, means that the life of each person can be extended if they die prematurely, is this worth the cost? Is this a true “life”? Whose viewpoint do you agree with more in this narrative?
The Feed: What is Human? -
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- Kinolab
- 2019
In an imagined future of London, citizens all across the globe are connected to the Feed, a device and network accessed constantly through a brain-computer interface. Lawrence, the CEO of the tech monopoly which created the Feed, explains to his son Tom that the newest model of the Feed is a quasi-organic implant which automatically appears in the makeup of an infant’s brain; they are born with it, having no say in whether or not it should be there and being unable to remove it. Lawrence and Tom then debate the pros and cons of this approach.
- Kinolab
- 2019
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- 5 min
- Kinolab
- 2019
Genetic Implants and Choice
In an imagined future of London, citizens all across the globe are connected to the Feed, a device and network accessed constantly through a brain-computer interface. Lawrence, the CEO of the tech monopoly which created the Feed, explains to his son Tom that the newest model of the Feed is a quasi-organic implant which automatically appears in the makeup of an infant’s brain; they are born with it, having no say in whether or not it should be there and being unable to remove it. Lawrence and Tom then debate the pros and cons of this approach.
Which side presented here do you tend to agree with more? Does Lawrence have a point in stating that the opportunity for anyone to innately have this implant might solve problems such as inequity and chaos? Does Tom have a point in stating that agency and autonomy of all people are at risk in this new imagination of society? Does one of these viewpoints outweigh the other? Should tech monopolies be able to determine what “societal progress” means, even if they have the means to achieve their specific vision? Can tech monopolies alone be trusted to make progress in trying to make the world a more equitable place?
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- 6 min
- The Guardian
- 2019
Across the globe, conflicting feelings exist about how “human” robots ought to be, and if humanoid machines are a positive or negative.
- The Guardian
- 2019
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- 6 min
- The Guardian
- 2019
Being Human: How Realistic Do We Want Robots To Be?
Across the globe, conflicting feelings exist about how “human” robots ought to be, and if humanoid machines are a positive or negative.
Would it make it easier to interact with a robot that looks human? What defines an authentic human life experience if robots become capable of imitating our specific characteristics indistinguishably well?