Here’s the new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 28. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the last week. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
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It was only a matter of time until this here: 'Chinese scientists are creating #CRISPR babies' in hopes of rendering the offspring resistant to HIV, smallpox, and cholera. Inevitable development. But paramount to consider ethical implications! NOW! https://t.co/DWdeWurSVM pic.twitter.com/ORnv3huL1i
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) November 27, 2018
Oh dear, #Google disables some #Gmail 'smart suggestions' because it can’t fix #AI gender #bias. In the end it is only as fair as the data it learns from. Too often, the world is unfair with its myriad gender, race, class, and caste biases. #AIethics https://t.co/6GOCrDFIUM pic.twitter.com/eYmPrByOgM
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) November 30, 2018
#MinorityReport conditions approaching? UK police propose new #AI system to predict serious, violent crime. Identified 1,400 indicators from 1TB of data from local + national police databases to predict crime. Goal: preemptive counseling & social services. https://t.co/9arTvNfWm5 pic.twitter.com/SDTY8jiuXD
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) November 30, 2018
Now #IBM's getting serious about AI-based automation in #humanresources. They launched a unit designed for #HR to better find talent and recruit using #Watson based #ArtificialIntelligence. Hm, a sensitive topic; wonder if enough #ethics is in & bias out.
https://t.co/1WMvdjkZc6 pic.twitter.com/Sb0CWlM0sh— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) November 30, 2018
ANDRÉ CRAMER 