Announcing the Humane AI newsletter

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For some time now I have been thinking about the social and human rights implications of Artificial Intelligence in our lives. Following every news item and talks and events and webinars and anything you think of: from algorithmic and data bias that perpetuates racial bias in the U.S. justice system to an AI recognizing your sexuality based on your facial features. (Despite the privacy and security issues of this tool, I couldn’t stop thinking how this tool is applicable in countries like mine which has the highest rate of nose jobs!).

Data bias and algorithmic transparency are far from the only social and ethical implications of AI. Academic and research institutions, non-profits, and think tanks have started working on understanding AI’s positive and potential negative impacts on our societies. They are eager to find answers to questions like:

  •  How can we avoid existential threats of AI and keep humans in control of it?  How to avoid autonomous warfare?
  • With the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution, what is going to be the future of work? What are the economic impacts of it within and between countries?
  • How is AI governance going to look like? How should we change our laws and international framework to be compatible with all these changes coming from automation and human-level AI?
  • Should AI values and morality be in line with ours?
  • How can we harness this enormous advancement of AI for social good and fulfilling human rights?
  • How is AI going to change social and cognitive behaviors of our kids?

These questions are just a few of many.

As a human rights researcher focusing on the impacts of emerging technologies in our societies, I decided to start curating a bi-weekly newsletter called Humane-AI. My goal is to raise your curiosity and awareness about the social and human rights implications of AI.

If you are a data scientists caring about the issue of data bias or algorithm transparency or an economist wondering about the future of work, or a technology policy analyst, or even if you are a human rights advocate concerned about the role of emerging technologies in our societies, this newsletter is for you.

Here you can find the first issue. If you like it, please subscribe, I am planning to add interviews, book and movie reviews, and conference reports in the future. I always appreciate your feedback and suggestions.