Computation as a National Resource: An effort to estimate computing capacity for 37 nations.
Geopolitics

Computation as a National Resource: An effort to estimate computing capacity for 37 nations.

How much processing power do various nations have on hand to drive their AI strategy? An international trade group aims to find out. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is launching an effort to measure the computing capacity available in countries around the world.

February 17, 20211 min read
Computation as a National Resource: An effort to estimate computing capacity for 37 nations.
Geopolitics

Computation as a National Resource: An effort to estimate computing capacity for 37 nations.

How much processing power do various nations have on hand to drive their AI strategy? An international trade group aims to find out. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is launching an effort to measure the computing capacity available in countries around the world.

February 17, 20211 min read
Autonomous Weapons Gain Support: A panel led by Eric Schmidt encouraged more military AI.
Geopolitics

Autonomous Weapons Gain Support: A panel led by Eric Schmidt encouraged more military AI.

A panel of AI experts appointed by the U.S. government came out against a ban on autonomous weapons. A draft report from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence recommends against a proposed international global prohibition of AI-enabled autonomous weapon systems.

February 17, 20211 min read
Autonomous Weapons Gain Support: A panel led by Eric Schmidt encouraged more military AI.
Geopolitics

Autonomous Weapons Gain Support: A panel led by Eric Schmidt encouraged more military AI.

A panel of AI experts appointed by the U.S. government came out against a ban on autonomous weapons. A draft report from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence recommends against a proposed international global prohibition of AI-enabled autonomous weapon systems.

February 17, 20211 min read
Fairness East and West: Looking at issues of AI bias and fairness in India.
Geopolitics

Fairness East and West: Looking at issues of AI bias and fairness in India.

Western governments and institutions struggling to formulate principles of algorithmic fairness tend to focus on issues like race and gender. A new study of AI in India found a different set of key issues.

February 10, 20212 min read
Fairness East and West: Looking at issues of AI bias and fairness in India.
Geopolitics

Fairness East and West: Looking at issues of AI bias and fairness in India.

Western governments and institutions struggling to formulate principles of algorithmic fairness tend to focus on issues like race and gender. A new study of AI in India found a different set of key issues.

February 10, 20212 min read
AI Spreads Disinformation: Understanding the fear of AI-powered disinformation
Geopolitics

AI Spreads Disinformation: Understanding the fear of AI-powered disinformation

Will AI promote lies that deepen social divisions? Propagandists will bait online recommendation algorithms with sensationalized falsehoods. People who snap at the clickbait will be reeled into opposing ideological silos.

October 28, 20202 min read
AI Spreads Disinformation: Understanding the fear of AI-powered disinformation
Geopolitics

AI Spreads Disinformation: Understanding the fear of AI-powered disinformation

Will AI promote lies that deepen social divisions? Propagandists will bait online recommendation algorithms with sensationalized falsehoods. People who snap at the clickbait will be reeled into opposing ideological silos.

October 28, 20202 min read
The Geopolitics of Data: How data impacts military uses of AI
Geopolitics

The Geopolitics of Data: How data impacts military uses of AI

Some politicians and pundits believe that, in the AI era, the military with the most data wins. A new analysis disputes this notion. A report by Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology examines the relative strengths of the Chinese and U.S. militaries in AI.

September 9, 20202 min read
The Geopolitics of Data: How data impacts military uses of AI
Geopolitics

The Geopolitics of Data: How data impacts military uses of AI

Some politicians and pundits believe that, in the AI era, the military with the most data wins. A new analysis disputes this notion. A report by Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology examines the relative strengths of the Chinese and U.S. militaries in AI.

September 9, 20202 min read
Competition or Cooperation?: Why AI should not be an arms race
Geopolitics

Competition or Cooperation?: Why AI should not be an arms race

Some politicians view international competition in AI as an arms race. That mindset could lead to escalating conflict, experts said.

December 18, 20191 min read
Competition or Cooperation?: Why AI should not be an arms race
Geopolitics

Competition or Cooperation?: Why AI should not be an arms race

Some politicians view international competition in AI as an arms race. That mindset could lead to escalating conflict, experts said.

December 18, 20191 min read
Researchers Blocked at the Border: Some African AI researchers blocked from attending NeurIPS
Geopolitics

Researchers Blocked at the Border: Some African AI researchers blocked from attending NeurIPS

Foreign researchers hoping to attend one of AI’s largest conferences were denied entry into Canada, where the event will be held. Most of those blocked were from developing nations.

November 20, 20192 min read
Researchers Blocked at the Border: Some African AI researchers blocked from attending NeurIPS
Geopolitics

Researchers Blocked at the Border: Some African AI researchers blocked from attending NeurIPS

Foreign researchers hoping to attend one of AI’s largest conferences were denied entry into Canada, where the event will be held. Most of those blocked were from developing nations.

November 20, 20192 min read
AI Goes Rogue
Geopolitics

AI Goes Rogue

Could humanity be destroyed by its own creation? If binary code running on a computer awakens into sentience, it will be able to think better than humans. It may even be able to improve its own software and hardware.

October 30, 20191 min read

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