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Satya Nadella Explores How Humans and AI Can Work Together To Solve Society's Greatest Challenges (geekwire.com)
In an op-ed for Slate, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has shared his views on AI, and how humans could work together with this nascent technology to do great things. Nadella feels that humans and machines can work together to address society's greatest challenges, including diseases and poverty. But he admits that this will require "a bold and ambition approach that goes beyond anything that can be achieved through incremental improvements to current technology," he wrote. You can read the long essay here. GeekWire has summarized the principles and goals postulated by Nadella. From the article:AI must be designed to assist humanity.
AI must be transparent.
AI must maximize efficiencies without destroying the dignity of people.
AI must be designed for intelligent privacy.
AI needs algorithmic accountability so humans can undo unintended harm.
AI must guard against bias.
It's critical for humans to have empathy.
It's critical for humans to have education.
The need for human creativity won't change.
A human has to be ultimately accountable for the outcome of a computer-generated diagnosis or decision.
AI must be transparent.
AI must maximize efficiencies without destroying the dignity of people.
AI must be designed for intelligent privacy.
AI needs algorithmic accountability so humans can undo unintended harm.
AI must guard against bias.
It's critical for humans to have empathy.
It's critical for humans to have education.
The need for human creativity won't change.
A human has to be ultimately accountable for the outcome of a computer-generated diagnosis or decision.
Artificial intelligence, like genuine intelligence, is complex. Because it's complex, it can't be transparent.
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...how humans could work together with this nascent technology to do great things....
Stop Windows Update from performing an unwanted update to Windows 10 for my PCs.
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If it can handle that task, it can take on any challenge.
It probably went like this:
employee: I created an AI to design the best GWX dialog box!
manager: Does it follow Nadella's rules? AI must be designed to assist humanity, etc?
employee: Yes it does!
manager: Oh I see. No thanks, for GWX we need something with a little more punch. We'll design it without AI.
And it's fun and weird to see this coming from Microsoft as well considering their behavior when it comes to Windows 10.
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.
Replace the word "AI" with "Government" and I'm in:
Governments must be designed to assist humanity.
Governments must be transparent.
Governments must maximize efficiencies without destroying the dignity of people.
Governments must be designed for intelligent privacy.
Governments needs algorithmic accountability so humans can undo unintended harm.
Governments must guard against bias.
It's critical for humans to have empathy.
It's critical for humans to have education.
The need for human creativity won't change.
A human has to be ultimately accountable for the outcome of a government-generated diagnosis or decision.