Moral Code: The Ethics of AI

Already, the now ubiquitous functions of AI have changed our lives dramatically--the "fastest route" always at our fingertips, a chatbot to answer all our questions. But what's possible today will be dwarfed by the great potential of AI in the near future. Advances in computing and the existence of entirely new data sets are ushering in AI capable of realizing milestones that have long eluded us: curing cancer, exploring deep space, understanding climate change. That promise is what fuels our culture's unrelenting excitement and investment in AI. It also raises the need for real, honest dialogue about how we build and adopt these technologies responsibly.