LECTURE 32: ETHICS DISCUSSIONS Dual Roles Currently being sued by - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

LECTURE 32: ETHICS DISCUSSIONS

¨ Currently being sued by the EU for this practice ¨ Amazon is an online retailer ¨ Amazon hosts 3rd party sellers on their platform ¨ Amazon uses the data from 3rd party sellers

¤ Amazon notices an item is selling well ¤ Amazon introduces their own version of the product

¨ Is this dual role ethical? ¨ What if they do this with AWS? ¨ What if Google/Apple do this with mobile apps?

Dual Roles

¨ Terrorists are plotting to murder innocent people ¨ They store their plans in a Google Drive ¨ Knowing the plans could prevent the attack ¨ Should Google access the drive?

Privacy in the Cloud

Data Driven Decisions

Data Driven Decisions

¨ Self-driving cars are mostly trained in California

¤ What will they do when they see snow?

¨ Voice recognition is trained on voices that can

afford the technology

¨ Research subjects are mostly undergraduate

students

¨ “..preoccupied with whether or not the could, they

didn’t stop to think if they should.” –Jurassic Park

¨ Should we continue with AI research? ¨ What precautions should be taken if we continue?

AI and the Singularity

Responsibility