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Generally competent digital assistant - Coggle Diagram
Generally competent digital assistant
Introduction
Long term goal in AI research - build a generally competent assistant for computer based tasks
going to explore what this might look like, both in terms of possible intended and unintended effects
foresight demands grounding - explore values
and close with some suggestions for action now that can help to mitigate harmful impacts
Anticipation (250)
what
competent digital assistant that can help you achieve tasks on a computer or phone
could respond to requests with text or speech
unintended
bias
harmful language
misunderstood requests
access - inequality
malicious use
asking to do bad things
disproportionate trust
harm by information - bostrom
perpetuate stereotypes (queering ai)
Intended
Democratise use of digital tools - low barrier for entry
accessibility
maximise utility
improve efficiency, save time
reduce administrative load
How
progress on language
increasingly general / multimodal architectures
data gathering, sophisticated ways to scale
compute
loadsamoney
lots of complexity gonna take time
Reflection (250)
what values
abeba article
efficiency
profit
helping people
where from?
industry / modern markets
silicon valley paradigm
enlightenment philosophy
neoliberalism
influence on the future
automation of jobs
inequality
who do these values belong to?
the west / global north
cite Ruha?
large corporate interests
technologists
who benefits
people with access
companies / shareholders
who should benefit
the least well off
marginalised people
Iason's paper
Response
Mitigations
regular foresight work - brainstorming
interdisciplinary
bring in voices from various academic fields
critical race theory
Anthropology and sociology
ethicists
community engagement
commission reports from social research companies
specifically focus on marginalised voices
share plans
enable interdisciplinary, multi-institution research
work with institutions - gov etc.
plan for access
how to make this technology accessible
"“Zeros and ones, if we are not careful, could deepen the divides between haves and have-nots, between the deserving and the undeserving – rusty value judgments embedded in shiny new systems.” race after technology
hot takes
let's get radically interdisciplinary
harroway quote "Our machines are disturbingly lively, and we ourselves frighteningly inert." (cyborg manifesto, page 11)
Summary
“Move slower and empower people.” Ruha Benjamin