Microsoft also just released a book on AI and its role in society. https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/01/17/future-computed-artificial-intelligence-role-soc

Microsoft also just released a book on AI and its role in society. https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/01/17/future-computed-artificial-intelligence-role-society/ https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/01/17/future-computed-... "...Beyond our personal lives, AI will enable breakthrough advances in areas like healthcare, agriculture, education and transportation. It’s already happening in impressive ways. ... But as we’ve witnessed over the past 20 years, new technology also inevitably raises complex questions and broad societal concerns. ... To answer these tough questions, technologists will need to work closely with government, academia, business, civil society and other stakeholders. At Microsoft, we’ve identified six ethical principles – fairness, reliability and safety, privacy and security, inclusivity, transparency, and accountability – to guide the cross-disciplinary development and use of artificial intelligence. The better we understand these or similar issues — and the more technology developers and users can share best practices to address them — the better served the world will be as we contemplate societal rules to govern AI. We must also pay attention to AI’s impact on workers. What jobs will AI eliminate? What jobs will it create? If there has been one constant over 250 years of technological change, it has been the ongoing impact of technology on jobs — the creation of new jobs, the elimination of existing jobs and the evolution of job tasks and content. This too is certain to continue. ... As computers behave more like humans, the social sciences and humanities will become even more important. Languages, art, history, economics, ethics, philosophy, psychology and human development courses can teach critical, philosophical and ethics-based skills that will be instrumental in the development and management of AI solutions. If AI is to reach its potential in serving humans, then every engineer will need to learn more about the liberal arts and every liberal arts major will need to learn more about engineering." Download link at the bottom of the blog's article.