WEF 2017 - Do ethics and AI use the same code?

With the market for robotics and artificial intelligence booming worldwide, how can industry leaders design principles and technical standards into their products that will benefit society as a whole? That was a key question debated at the World Economic Forum in Davos, yesterday. Among the panelists were IBM Chairman and CEO Virginia Rometty, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and MIT Media Lab Director Joichi Ito. Chairing the debate, CEO of Vista Equity Partners Robert F. Smith, said: We must bring a comprehensive and well-thought-out approach to managing the creative destruction that is inherent in embracing these ever-more-powerful tools, and frankly we must use these tools to repair the deficiencies in this capitalistic system and restore the social contract with the people on this planet. Bold words from a private equity firm with a $28 billion portfolio, and in Smith's view, AI has a central role to play in restoring that contract.