Response to We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads ( Blog Post 2)

Response to We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads ( Blog Post 2) 

 

This week I watch 3 ted talks about social media and Artifical Intelligence (AI). The Ted talk that I found most interesting was Zeynep Tufekci"We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads" Tufekci spoke about how social use AI and the risk of personal information/ opinions being swayed. So since that Ted Talk was published in 2017 I decided to do a little research on how AI develope since two years ago, mainly what is AI, and what regulation has the U.S put in place since 2017.

First, what is Artifical intelligence? 

Geralt

Technology all around us and it isn't limiting to phones, computers, and television but also AI (Kahn, Bass). AI allows us to have products that are specialized for each individual  (Kahn, Bass). AI allows preventing human errors and complete tasks such as suggest music/movies, spot cybercrime, and fraud  (Kahn, Bass). This is the basic idea of AI and what it can accomplish. 

What regulations are in place for Artifical Technology in the United States? 

TheDigitalArtist

Unlike other countries, the US has very little regulation for Artifical Intelligence (Tufekci). In the US we do have some restrictions for AI. In February of this year, President Trump established 5 values for AI that a line with America values and beliefs. (Office of Science and Technology Policy).  ¨Investing in AI Research and Development (R&D), Unleashing AI Resources, Setting AI Governance Standards, Building the AI Workforce, International Engagement and Protecting our AI Advantage.¨  All of these restrictions either advance our nation's leadership with AI (Office of Science and Technology Policy). Using AI to break barriers with technology and improve our nation for the longterm, and still following America values along the way (Office of Science and Technology Policy).

In conclusion Artifical Intelligence since Tufeckci Ted Talk since 2017. Artificial intelligence has advanced to we now know how to program and under at a certain point and has developed our nation in so many ways. We also have regulations base on American values to protect our people and develop our nation. Tufeckci Stance on Artifical intelligence is valid is much more develope since her Ted Talk was released in 2017.  

Works Cited

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Kahn, Jeremy, and Dina Bass. "Artificial Intelligence Is Scary, Boring and Useful: QuickTake." Bloomberg QuickTake: Hard-to-explain topics, explained simply, edited by Bloomberg, 1st edition, 2018. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/bloombergqt/artificial_intelligence_is_scary_boring_and_useful_quicktake/0?institutionId=10415. Accessed 24 Nov. 2019.

Kenton, Will. "Research and Development (R&D)." Investopedia, 25 June 2019, www.investopedia.com/terms/r/randd.asp. Accessed 24 Nov. 2019.

Office of Science and Technology Policy. "Office of Science and Technology Policy." White House.org, 11 Feb. 2019, www.whitehouse.gov/articles/accelerating-americas-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence/. Accessed 24 Nov. 2019.

TheDigitalArtist. American Flag. 25 Jan. 2017. Pixabay, 25 Jan. 2017, pixabay.com/illustrations/usa-flag-american-national-2007460/. Accessed 25 Nov. 2019.

"We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads ." Youtube , uploaded by Ted Talk, Google .

Response Top 6 fears about future technology ( blog post 1)

   For a class assignment I read Top 6 fears about future technology by Kevin Dickinson. I found this article very interesting. But it really reminded me of the pop culture and how they predicted most of the fears in this article. But when it was movies book etc. nobody was afraid. So I looked into what had been predict that has come true. 

 I am reading this article and it made me think of Pop Culture.  It talked about the fears of technology today and that made me think of movies and the books I like to read. Like in Back to the Future Marty and Doc experienced modern technology like we have today. They used virtual reality to have experiences that we now use with our phones and other technology so we can go to places as if we are really there and see what it is like to climb Mt Mckinley from our own home. 
But the article talks about some of the negatives of artificial intelligence - AI, to consider.  The article mentions '"That AI could automate terrorism, mass produce propaganda, and streamline hacking to devastating effects."  The author, Kevin Dickson shares thoughts of the fears of the AI world in the future but the future is not so distant. "I'm very close to the cutting-edge of AI, and it scares the hell out of me," Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, said at SXSW 2018. "It is capable of vastly more than anyone knows, and the rate of improvement is exponential. […] We have to figure out some way to ensure that the advent of digital superintelligence is one which is symbiotic with humanity. I think that's the single biggest exponential crisis that we face."' People that are familiar with AI need warn and educated people about the dangers of artificial intelligence. 

Dickson, Kevin. "Top 6 fears about future technology." Bigthink, 18 Sept. 2018,
     bigthink.com/technology-innovation/fear-future-technology. Accessed 15 Nov.
     2019.