The increased usage of AI by companies
as varied as grocery retailers to fashion
brands means that in the next year,
our focus will increasingly be on how
we regulate artificial intelligence.
AI company Deepmind has launched
a new unit, DeepMind Ethics &
Society (DMES), comprising internal
employees and external fellows who
will examine the societal impacts of
artificial intelligence. Considering that
AI has been shown to have inherent
bias programmed in, we must ensure
that these systems are held accountable
and are upholding human rights.
‘How do you scrutinise an algorithm?
How do you hold it accountable when
it’s making very important decisions
that affect the life outcomes of people?’
These are the questions that DMES
aims to answer, according to DeepMind
co-founder Mustafa Suleyman.
Experience design duo Arvid&Marie
has also claimed that we will have to
think about the rights of machines
themselves as they become capital-
making entities. ‘If autonomous
machines become their own
independent entities and participate
in society with taxes, the profits of automation will spread,’ says
Marie Caye, one half of the duo.