The Invention of “Ethical AI”: How Big Tech Manipulates Academia to Avoid Regulation

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Invention of “Ethical AI”: How Big Tech Manipulates Academia to Avoid Regulation
Rodrigo Ochigame, The Intercept, 2019/12/30
According to this article, "Silicon Valley’s vigorous promotion of 'ethical AI' has constituted a strategic lobbying effort, one that has enrolled academia to legitimize itself." Playing a key role in this was Joi Ito and the MIT Media Lab. "The corporate, academic, and military proponents of 'ethical AI' have collaborated closely for mutual benefit," writes Rodrigo Ochigame. "For example, Ito told me that he informally advised Schmidt on which academic AI ethicists Schmidt’s private foundation should fund." I'm sure a lot of that happens all the time, and not just in the field of ethics. More...