Microsoft researcher warns that artificial intelligence is 'a fascist's dream' – Tech2

From Google to Microsoft to Apple and possibly Samsung, AI is almost the buzzword in the smartphone space as well. But as these systems get more powerful and begin to do more, there is a need to make sure that they are not used by authoritarian regimes and then target certain populations. At the ongoing South by South West (SXSW) event in Texas, USA, Microsoft Research's Kate Crawford explained her point on view on the AI scene and how it makes for an ideal excuse to teach these humongous data systems the wrong ideas without any accountability. The Guardian reported the researcher's take on artificial intelligence, hinting at the rise of ultra-nationalism, right-wing authoritarianism and fascism, thanks to the widespread use of these systems. However, it is not the use of these systems, but the way in which human biases are encoded into them that leads to their misuse when they fall into the wrong hands.