[LINK] More Facebook crazy - AI 'deep learning'

[Jan Whitaker]

At 01:55 AM 31/01/2014, Rick Welykochy wrote:
>The level of critical thinking and analysis in this article is 
>zero.  The dangers
>inherent in the misapplication of "deep learning-enhanced AI" are all too
>obvious and dystopic. And yet the reporter blithely reports this as being some
>benign acceptable development.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/29/facebooks-plan-for-artificial-intelligence_n_4690949.html

I read it again to see why you would say that, Rick. What caught my 
attention from front page headline for this in the first place was 
that it was a creepy thing.
"Facebook's Artificial Intelligence Plans Are Pretty Creepy" is what it says.

So my head was in the 'let's be critical' space when I read it. 
However, when I read it plain, without the initial grab, I can see 
how you would read it as zero analysis and just reporting a story. 
Perhaps it wasn't meant to be analytical or critical, but an advisory 
of Facebook's continuing data collection, only this time with even more AI.

I think perhaps it wasn't blithe, but straight reporting (for a change).

Here's another, only about Google's AI efforts, also by Bianca
Google's New A.I. Ethics Board May Decide If Our Species Survives
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/29/google-ai_n_4683343.html?utm_hp_ref=technology
A much more in depth article.

Jan



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