Margaret Mitchell and Tim Nick Gebrow co-founded an ethical AI group at Google. They tried to make Google's AI scientists pay more attention to some of the problems in the algorithms they were working on. This ultimately ends up in her dismissal from Google, which is now under fire for its handling of this issue. Both Google and Microsoft have significant groups of people that work on Responsible AI.
In two recent open letters, leaders and developers of artificial intelligence called for a pause of large AI projects to take stock of their impact. In tandem, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, went to Congress to ask lawmakers to regulate his own industry. What can be done to keep developers in check while allowing innovation to flourish?
Bloomberg AI reporters Dina Bass and Rachel Metz join guest host Craig Gordon to talk about these longtime AI whistleblowers and why the latest calls from industry leaders may be a sincere attempt to establish some rules of the road.
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