Age of AI

Medlir discusses the impact of AI on development with Katya Klinova, Head of AI, Labor, and the Economy division of the Partnership on AI.  There she oversees (among other things) the AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative, asking how to make AI progress in the workforce more inclusive, as well as the potential impact of AI on the economic growth prospects of low- and middle-income countries.Links:Governing AI to Advance Shared Prosperity - published version on the website of Oxford University PressSummaryPreprintGuidelines for AI and Shared ProsperityAdditional Links:https://oecd.ai/en/community/katya-klinovahttps://oecd.ai/en/wonk/policies-ai-inclusive-growthhttps://partnershiponai.org/ Send us a text

Medlir is joined for a wide-ranging conversation on the shifting landscape of AI governance by Dr. Justin Bullock, a Senior Researcher at Convergence Analysis, in the UK. Dr. Bullock brings a wealth of expertise in public administration, artificial intelligence (AI), organizational theory, and management.  He is the lead editor of Oxford University Press’ Handbook of AI Governance. Links: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41989https://justinbullock.org/academic-works/https://justinbullock.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Machine-Intelligence-Bureaucracy-and-Human-Control-final.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/11/ai-tech-designers-tool-communitieshttps://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/how-to-prevent-an-ai-catastrophehttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi8982Send us a text

YD, Chris, and Medlir discuss some recent uses of AI, to quickly and easily generate political influence campaigns.  Many of us are already aware of the rapidity and volume at which AI can generate content. But in this episode, we discuss some of the ways in which AI quality is improving, as well as some different mechanisms being tested to maximize the intensity and appeal to our emotions and biases.Links:Cyber Propaganda & Influence Ops: Rising Asia-Pacific Threats | Security Insider (microsoft.com)China campaigns target US elections on social media: Microsoft report (cnbc.com)Six ways that AI could change politics | MIT Technology ReviewSend us a text

Medlir is joined by Dr. Joseph Vukov, Associate Director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago, whose research explores questions at the intersection of ethics, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind, and at the intersection of science and religion. Links:https://www.scienceforhumans.com/the-teamhttps://mailchi.mp/scu/itec-handbookhttps://www.focolaremedia.com/bookstore/perils-perfection?v=492https://www.focolaremedia.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/NCP%200179%20-%20The%20Perils%20of%20Perfection%20-%20Preview.pdfhttps://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/03/23/chatgpt-machine-learning-catholic-244953https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2023/04/17/ai-chat-gpt-catholic-ethics-245071https://www.hanknexusjournal.com/volume2https://futurism.com/pope-guide-artificial-intelligencehttps://www.scu.edu/institute-for-technology-ethics-and-culture/https://gizmodo.com/pope-francis-vatican-releases-ai-ethics-1850583076https://youtu.be/yTlBmm1yoschttps://stories.luc.edu/envisioning-the-futurehttps://www.scu.edu/media/ethics-center/itec/Ethics-in-the-Age-of-Disruptive-Technologies:An-Operational-Roadmap---ITEC-Handbook-June-2023.pdf Send us a text

Medlir Mema is joined by Dr. Branka Marijan, a Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares, where she leads the research on the military and security implications of emerging technologies. Her research interests include trends in warfare, civilian protection, use of drones, and civil-military relations. Links:https://www.g20interfaith.org/branka-marijan/ https://www.ploughshares.ca/author/branka-marijanUS-Russia confrontation on AIhttps://www.cigionline.org/articles/beyond-ukraine-ai-and-the-next-us-russia-confrontation/Canada and AWShttps://www.ploughshares.ca/publications/will-canada-step-up-its-diplomatic-efforts-on-military-aihttps://www.ploughshares.ca/publications/no-canadian-leadership-on-autonomous-weaponsAI and civilian protection/regulating military use of AIhttps://www.ploughshares.ca/publications/military-ai-and-civilian-protectionhttps://www.ploughshares.ca/publications/regulating-military-use-of-aiSend us a text

How do states use digital tools to deceive, disseminate disinformation, and deepen authoritarianism? In this episode Chris talks with Marc Owen Jones about digital authoritarianism in the Middle East, who sheds light on this question and much more in a far-reaching discussion.Show Noteshttps://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/digital-authoritarianism-in-the-middle-east/ Send us a text

Medlir discusses the likely impact of AI and Emerging Tech with Dr. Chris Moran and Dr. Joe Burton, authors of a recent study which argues that talk of an AI-fueled intelligence revolution is premature.Links: The US Intelligence Community, Global Security, and AI: From Secret Intelligence to Smart Spying The Future of Analysis A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn China Is Flirting With AI Catastrophe Russia's Use of Uncrewed Systems in Ukraine Send us a text

Chris, Medlir, and Young Diogenes get back to a sequel from season 4.  We continue exploring the future of AI integration into research, provenance, and predictions about the future of AI, as well as some light-hearted jabs at each other.Adept Raises $350 Million To Build AI That Learns How To Use Software For You (forbes.com)Adobe Firefly (Beta)Four Reasons Data Provenance Is Vital For Analytics And AI (forbes.com)"Did ChatGPT really say that?": Provenance in the age of Generative AI. | Library Innovation Lab (harvard.edu)Provenance documentation to enable explainable and trustworthy AI: A literature review | Data Intelligence | MIT PressSend us a text

Medlir sits down with CrossPlag's Dr. Alejtin Berisha to discuss the challenges of Higher Education in the age of AI and the promise of AI originality detection tools like CrossPlag for educators hoping to incorporate tools like ChatGPT in their curriculum.Links:CrossPlag WebsiteCrossPlag Review'Everybody is cheating': Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policyProfessor Flunks All His Students After ChatGPT Falsely Claims It Wrote Their Papers Send us a text

In this episode Kutoma Wakunuma, Damien Okaibedi Eke, and Simisola Akintoye join Chris to discuss their latest edited volume, Responsible AI in Africa. In this conversation we explore Africa’s exclusion from conversations on AI ethics, epistemic injustice, the concept of Ubuntu, and innovations from Africa’s silicon savannas. Link(s):Responsible AI in AfricaSend us a text