Why Artificial Intelligence Is Still Waiting For Its Ethics Transplant

But most of them are lightweight--full of platitudes about "public-private partnerships" and bromides about putting people first. They don't acknowledge the knotty nature of the social dilemmas AI creates, or how tough it will be to untangle them. It bristles with indignation at a tech industry that's racing to reshape society along AI lines without checking to be sure it can deliver reliable and fair results. Scott Rosenberg is an editor at Backchannel. Sign up to get Backchannel's weekly newsletter, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.