A5065865972- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
- History of Science and Medicine
- Science Education and Perceptions
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry
- Literacy, Media, and Education
- Social Media and Politics
- History of Computing Technologies
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Teaching and Learning Programming
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Narrative Theory and Analysis
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis
- Bioethics and Human Rights Issues
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Medieval Literature and History
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
- Caribbean history, culture, and politics
Imperial College London
2024
University of Cambridge
2019-2023
Leverhulme Trust
2019-2021
University of Oxford
2016-2017
Leiden University
2014
Abstract This paper focuses on the fact that AI is predominantly portrayed as white—in colour, ethnicity, or both. We first illustrate prevalent Whiteness of real and imagined intelligent machines in four categories: humanoid robots, chatbots virtual assistants, stock images AI, portrayals film television. then offer three interpretations drawing critical race theory, particularly idea White racial frame. First, we examine extent to which this might simply reflect milieus from these...
How AI is perceived by the public can have significant impact on how it developed, deployed and regulated. Some commentators argue that perceptions are currently distorted or extreme. This paper discusses results of a nationally representative survey UK population their AI. The solicited responses to eight common narratives about (four optimistic, four pessimistic), plus views what is, likely in respondents' lifetimes, whether they influence it. 42% respondents offered plausible definition...
Drs Cave, Dihal, and Dillon are funded by a Leverhulme Trust Research Centre Grant awarded to the for Future of Intelligence. Dr Singler was Templeton World Charitable Foundation grant during course AI narratives project, Faraday Institute Science Religion, St Edmund's College, Cambridge.
It is well established both that women are underrepresented in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and media representations professions have impact on career choices prospects. We therefore hypothesised portrayals AI researchers influential films. tested this by analysing a corpus 142 most films featuring from 1920 to 2020, which 86 showed one or more researchers, totalling 116 individuals. found nine professionals film were (8%). further none was solely directed woman. discuss number...
Abstract This commentary is a response to ‘More than Skin Deep’ by Shelley M. Park (Park, More skin deep: A “The Whiteness of AI”, Philosophy & Technology, 2021), and development our own 2020 paper ‘The AI’. We aim explain how representations AI can be varied in one sense, whilst not being diverse. argue that Whiteness’s claim universal humanity permits broad range roles White humans White-presenting machines, assigning much narrower stereotypical people colour. Because the attributes...
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control, Stuart Russell, Viking/Penguin Random House, 2019, $28.00 Buy at Amazon
Olivier Darrigol, Physics and Necessity: Rationalist Pursuits from the Cartesian Past to Quantum Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xv + 400. ISBN 978-0-19-871288-6. £39.00 (hardback). - Volume 49 Issue 2