Unboxing Google's 7 new principles on Artificial Intelligence

How many times have you heard that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is humanity's biggest threat? Some people think that Google brought us a step closer to a dark future when Duplex was announced last month, a new capability of Google's digital Assistant that enables it to make phone calls on your behalf to book appointments with small businesses. The root of the controversy lied on the fact that the Assistant successfully pretended to be a real human, never disclosing its true identity to the other side of the call. Many tech experts wondered if this is an ethical practice or if it's necessary to hide the digital nature of the voice. Google was also criticized last month by another sensitive topic: the company's involvement in a Pentagon program that uses AI to interpret video imagery and could be used to improve the targeting of drone strikes.