Can ethical AI surveillance exist? Data scientist Rumman Chowdhury doesn't think so

Texas residents share how familiar they are with artificial intelligence on a scale from one to 10 and detailed how much they use it each day. Rumman Chowdhury, the former director of machine learning ethics, transparency and accountability at Twitter, said at a recent talk that she does not believe ethical artificial intelligence surveillance can exist. "We cannot put lipstick on a pig," the data scientist noted at New York University's School of Social Sciences. "I do not think ethical surveillance can exist." In an interview published Monday in The Guardian – which spotlights that statement – Chowdhury warned that the rise of surveillance capitalism is hugely concerning to her.