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What does the future look like? It starts with understanding AI and the ethical implications.

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Man making connections with AI

Self Exploration

What is Artificial Intelligence?

McKinsey & Company

Those smart machines are also getting faster and more complex. Some computers have now crossed the exascale threshold, meaning they can perform as many calculations in a single second as an individual could in 31,688,765,000 years. And beyond computation, which machines have long been faster at than we have, computers and other devices are now acquiring skills and perception that were once unique to humans and a few other species


Cute robots, bots. Brief history of AI

Self Exploration

Why AI Matters

SAS

Early AI research in the 1950s explored topics like problem solving and symbolic methods. In the 1960s, the US Department of Defense took interest in this type of work and began training computers to mimic basic human reasoning. For example, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) completed street mapping projects in the 1970s. And DARPA produced intelligent personal assistants in 2003, long before Siri, Alexa or Cortana were household names

Brain AI connections in a cell phone

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What Is AI Ethics?

UNESCO

Examples of AI ethics issues include data responsibility and privacy, fairness, explainability, robustness, transparency, environmental sustainability, inclusion, moral agency, value alignment, accountability, trust, and technology misuse

Robot examining brain scans. AI and robots

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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Stanford University

(A deeper, more academic discussion)

The ethics of AI and robotics has seen significant press coverage in recent years, which supports related research, but also may end up undermining it: the press often talks as if the issues under discussion were just predictions of what future technology will bring, and as though we already know what would be most ethical and how to achieve that. Add more detail about this service, such as benefits, appearance, components, or capabilities.

Finger pointing at a hologram of the world. AI as a global resource

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Global AI Ethics and Governance Observatory

UNESCO

A global resource to find solutions to the most pressing challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence

Woman touching a hologram gear of AI. Women and AI

Self Exploration

About Women In AI

WAI

Women in AI (WAI) is a nonprofit do-tank working towards inclusive AI that benefits global society. We are a community-driven initiative bringing empowerment, knowledge and active collaboration via education, research, events, and blogging.​

Classroom lecture one laptop. How will AI change education

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Artificial Intelligence in Education

UNESCO

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to address some of the biggest challenges in education today, innovate teaching and learning practices, and accelerate progress towards SDG 4.

UNESCO offers insights into how AI is being used now and in the future.