Artificial Intelligence Ethics: Google's DeepMind Will Explore Effects Of AI On Society

DeepMind, the Google-owned artificial intelligence company, announced the formation of a new research group that will investigate ethical questions surrounding the development of AI and its impact on society. DeepMind Ethics and Society, also known as DMES, will start publishing research papers on a variety of topics relating to the development of artificial intelligence and the potential effects of the technology starting in early 2018. Google has staffed the group with eight full-time researchers to start, including six unpaid external fellows who will partner with academic groups at other institutions who are conducting similar research. DMES will eventually grow to around 25 full-time staffers within the next year. Initial partnerships will include the AI Now Institute at NYU and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence.