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This is exactly what they are designed to do. The scary part is, they can do so on a different level than your average human. Pouring over larger sets of data

This is exactly what they are designed to do. The scary part is, they can do so on a different level than your average human. Pouring over larger sets of data quickly, than you or I have time to consume in our entire lives. The largest issue, however, is that an AI can find and shed light on dislikable realities of the world. Racism, sexism, culturism, opposing political opinions... Perspectives that are not "PC" still exist and permeate the digital world along with the physical one. Creating unbiased data is, imo, impossible, as I am also biased, and so are you. I don't know what unbiased data is. I can certainly say that I have held racist, sexist, religious, and political views at various stages of my life - based on small sample set data, and biased trainers. I have grown a better understanding and no longer hold many of the naive beliefs that I held when I was younger, and will continue to realize how ignorant I am as I live. The same process will probably happen for any AI.

loopz 7y ago
It's good to hear you are now no longer ignorant! :-D
- kempbellt 7y ago
  "No longer ignorant", I certainly am not. Thank you for the positive reinforcement though. Becoming less ignorant is a life-long process, as far as I can tell. I'm just somewhat more aware of my capacity to over-generalize based on my individual experiences, and allow biases to settle in my subconscious in the form of racism, sexism, ageism, or what have you. I try to find where I have internalized these thoughts so I can do a little internal reforming. I also pay a lot more attention to "_______ is/are _______" statements, as they are almost always over-generalizations. Being aware of this mental mechanism doesn't really stop me from doing it though. I know I'll tend to cluster experiences to create generalizations indefinitely, as it seems to be an evolved trait (makes sense for survival reasons, to assume the worst until you find evidence otherwise) - even though it's not perfect.
repolfx 7y ago
Creating unbiased data is, imo, impossible, as I am also biased, and so are you What about just learning based on the entire web? I think you're using the word "unbiased" to mean "heavily adjusted for US centric views on racism and sexism" which isn't what the word really means. If you train an AI on everything written - all books, all web pages, all newspaper articles etc ... a not impossible task these days - then you can argue you're as close to bias free as possible. However a small number of AI researchers don't like the results they get when they do this, because the AI learns the world that truly exists instead of the one they wish would exist. But that's not a bug in the software. It's a bug in the researchers.
- TheCoelacanth 7y ago
  The human race is also biased. You aren't getting away from bias that easily.

loopz 7y ago

It's good to hear you are now no longer ignorant! :-D

kempbellt 7y ago
"No longer ignorant", I certainly am not. Thank you for the positive reinforcement though. Becoming less ignorant is a life-long process, as far as I can tell. I'm just somewhat more aware of my capacity to over-generalize based on my individual experiences, and allow biases to settle in my subconscious in the form of racism, sexism, ageism, or what have you. I try to find where I have internalized these thoughts so I can do a little internal reforming. I also pay a lot more attention to "_______ is/are _______" statements, as they are almost always over-generalizations. Being aware of this mental mechanism doesn't really stop me from doing it though. I know I'll tend to cluster experiences to create generalizations indefinitely, as it seems to be an evolved trait (makes sense for survival reasons, to assume the worst until you find evidence otherwise) - even though it's not perfect.

repolfx 7y ago

Creating unbiased data is, imo, impossible, as I am also biased, and so are you What about just learning based on the entire web? I think you're using the word "unbiased" to mean "heavily adjusted for US centric views on racism and sexism" which isn't what the word really means. If you train an AI on everything written - all books, all web pages, all newspaper articles etc ... a not impossible task these days - then you can argue you're as close to bias free as possible. However a small number of AI researchers don't like the results they get when they do this, because the AI learns the world that truly exists instead of the one they wish would exist. But that's not a bug in the software. It's a bug in the researchers.

TheCoelacanth 7y ago
The human race is also biased. You aren't getting away from bias that easily.