#ai oversight

[saywhat-politics]

While much of this week’s congressional media attention has focused on the proposed cuts to Medicaid that will remove health care coverage for millions, an effort backed by House Republicans, another consequential provision buried deep in budgetary language has received far less scrutiny, even though it will impact all Americans.

The US House Energy and Commerce Committee, voting along party lines, supported a measure that would preempt all state and local regulation of AI for the next ten years. The provision, buried in Section 43201(c) of the committee’s budget reconciliation proposal, would functionally strip the public of any meaningful recourse in the face of AI-related harm.

This would not simply be a pause in regulation. It’s a decade-long permission slip for corporate impunity. The provision is a message to the states: Sit down and shut up while Big Tech writes its own rules or continues to lobby Congress to have none at all. It is, in short, recklessly irresponsible.

For years, federal lawmakers have dragged their feet on AI oversight while state leaders, Republican and Democrat alike, have stepped up. In the absence of federal action, states have taken the lead in building safeguards where AI is rapidly reshaping our lives, including protections against deepfake election material, deepfake pornography, AI-generated child abuse material, algorithmic discrimination, and autonomous vehicle system liability. States took the lead in passing these laws when Congress failed to respond to the public being injured by autonomous vehicles, AI porn created by teens circulating through schools, and child suicides after interacting with AI chatbots.

[whyamistillonnetflix]

I hate that I legally can't post pictures of this, but FERPA. Anyways. I had two students both google "The Trail of Tears". Both used capitals as needed. Both spelled it correctly. The AI overview for them both should have been the same. But guess what? It wasn't. One student had the Trail of Tears painted in a factual way that didn't sugarcoat how awful it was. The other student had it in the most white-washed bare-bones basic facts. The interesting thing I noticed? The factual version was given to the student of color. The white-washed one was given to a white student. I didn't say anything, but they sure noticed. They had a very eye-opening moment when they realized that AI Overview is not trustworthy.

[di-solutions-blogs]

AI Ethics in Hiring: Safeguarding Human Rights in Recruitment

Explore AI ethics in hiring and how it safeguards human rights in recruitment. Learn about AI bias, transparency, privacy concerns, and ethical practices to ensure fairness in AI-driven hiring.

In today's rapidly evolving job market, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a pivotal tool in streamlining recruitment processes. While AI offers efficiency and scalability, it also raises significant ethical concerns, particularly regarding human rights. Ensuring that AI-driven hiring practices uphold principles such as fairness, transparency, and accountability is crucial to prevent discrimination and bias.​Hirebee

The Rise of AI in Recruitment

Employers are increasingly integrating AI technologies to manage tasks like resume screening, candidate assessments, and even conducting initial interviews. These systems can process vast amounts of data swiftly, identifying patterns that might be overlooked by human recruiters. However, the reliance on AI also introduces challenges, especially when these systems inadvertently perpetuate existing biases present in historical hiring data. For instance, if past recruitment practices favored certain demographics, an AI system trained on this data might continue to favor these groups, leading to unfair outcomes. ​

Ethical Concerns in AI-Driven Hiring

Bias and Discrimination AI systems learn from historical data, which may contain inherent biases. If not properly addressed, these biases can lead to discriminatory practices, affecting candidates based on gender, race, or other protected characteristics. A notable example is Amazon's AI recruitment tool, which was found to favor male candidates due to biased training data.

Lack of Transparency Many AI algorithms operate as "black boxes," providing little insight into their decision-making processes. This opacity makes it challenging to identify and correct biases, undermining trust in AI-driven recruitment. Transparency is essential to ensure that candidates understand how decisions are made and to hold organizations accountable.

Privacy Concerns AI recruitment tools often require access to extensive personal data. Ensuring that this data is handled responsibly, with candidates' consent and in compliance with privacy regulations, is paramount. Organizations must be transparent about data usage and implement robust security measures to protect candidate information.

Implementing Ethical AI Practices

To address these ethical challenges, organizations should adopt the following strategies:

Regular Audits and Monitoring Conducting regular audits of AI systems helps identify and mitigate biases. Continuous monitoring ensures that the AI operates fairly and aligns with ethical standards. ​Hirebee+1Recruitics Blog+1Recruitics Blog

Human Oversight While AI can enhance efficiency, human involvement remains crucial. Recruiters should oversee AI-driven processes, ensuring that final hiring decisions consider context and nuance that AI might overlook. ​WSJ+4Missouri Bar News+4SpringerLink+4

Developing Ethical Guidelines Establishing clear ethical guidelines for AI use in recruitment promotes consistency and accountability. These guidelines should emphasize fairness, transparency, and respect for candidate privacy. ​Recruitics Blog

Conclusion

Integrating AI into recruitment offers significant benefits but also poses ethical challenges that must be addressed to safeguard human rights. By implementing responsible AI practices, organizations can enhance their hiring processes while ensuring fairness and transparency. As AI continues to evolve, maintaining a human-centered approach will be essential in building trust and promoting equitable opportunities for all candidates.​

FAQs

What is AI ethics in recruitment? AI ethics in recruitment refers to the application of moral principles to ensure that AI-driven hiring practices are fair, transparent, and respectful of candidates' rights.

How can AI introduce bias in hiring? AI can introduce bias if it is trained on historical data that contains discriminatory patterns, leading to unfair treatment of certain groups.

Why is transparency important in AI recruitment tools? Transparency allows candidates and recruiters to understand how decisions are made, ensuring accountability and the opportunity to identify and correct biases.

What measures can organizations take to ensure ethical AI use in hiring? Organizations can conduct regular audits, involve human oversight, and establish clear ethical guidelines to promote fair and responsible AI use in recruitment.

How does AI impact candidate privacy in the recruitment process? AI systems often require access to personal data, raising concerns about data security and consent. Organizations must be transparent about data usage and implement robust privacy protections.

Can AI completely replace human recruiters? While AI can enhance efficiency, human recruiters are essential for interpreting nuanced information and making context-driven decisions that AI may not fully grasp.

What is the role of regular audits in AI recruitment? Regular audits help identify and mitigate biases within AI systems, ensuring that the recruitment process remains fair and aligned with ethical standards.

How can candidates ensure they are treated fairly by AI recruitment tools? Candidates can inquire about the use of AI in the hiring process and seek transparency regarding how their data is used and how decisions are made.

What are the potential legal implications of unethical AI use in hiring? Unethical AI practices can lead to legal challenges related to discrimination, privacy violations, and non-compliance with employment laws.

How can organizations balance AI efficiency with ethical considerations in recruitment? Organizations can balance efficiency and ethics by integrating AI tools with human oversight, ensuring transparency, and adhering to established ethical guidelines.

[thisisgraeme]

Top 5 Insights on How AI in Education is Revolutionising Research and Teaching Practices

Discover how AI is revolutionizing education and academic research. Explore key insights on ethical concerns, innovation, and the future of AI in teaching practices. Dive into our latest findings and share your thoughts on the evolving role of AI

AI in Education and Implications for Research As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate various sectors, its impact on education and academic research has become a focal point of discussion. The article “AI and its Implications for Research in Higher Education: A Critical Dialogue” by Butson and Spronken-Smith (2024) provides an in-depth exploration of how AI is reshaping academic…

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Parent of the year

[santae-salt]

while the rest of us are focused on cj's public crash out im still sitting here haunted by the baby quenaris pose. it has bothered me ever since someone brought it up here like a week ago, ive stared at it for way too long and STILL cant make out wtf is going on with the posing. for the love of god please help m

[frank-olivier]

Clear Skies, Clear Answers: The Push for UAP Transparency in Congress

A recent U.S. Congressional hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) marked a significant turning point in the pursuit of transparency, acknowledging the reality of these enigmatic sightings and underscoring the need for comprehensive legislative actions. This hearing not only confirmed the existence of UAPs but also highlighted the imperative of balancing national security with public trust, setting the stage for a new era of inquiry.

The hearing was distinguished by a rare display of bipartisanship, with Chairwoman Mace and representatives from both sides of the aisle converging on the necessity of transparency. Criticisms of the Pentagon's historical secrecy were unanimous, emphasizing the detrimental effects on public trust and national security. This collective stance signifies a crucial shift towards openness, acknowledging that the era of unequivocal secrecy surrounding UAPs is no longer tenable.

Rear Admiral Timothy Gallaudet's firsthand account of a 2015 UAP encounter, coupled with Luis Elizondo's insights into advanced technologies, and Michael Shellenberger's revelations on the "Immaculate Constellation" program, collectively validate the existence of UAPs. These testimonies, rich in detail and credibility, dispel speculative skepticism, firmly establishing UAPs as a phenomenon worthy of serious, scientific investigation.

The need for legislative actions to enhance transparency and establish robust oversight was a recurring theme, with initiatives such as the "Safe Airspace for Americans Act" and the proposed "UAP Disclosure Act" being highlighted as crucial steps forward. Protecting whistleblowers and adopting a whole-of-government approach were also emphasized as essential for ensuring that UAP inquiries are conducted with the requisite openness and accountability.

The interplay between national security concerns and the erosion of public trust emerged as a pivotal aspect, with the frequent sightings of UAPs near sensitive installations posing a dual challenge. Addressing potential surveillance or technological advancements by adversarial entities must be balanced with restoring the faith of the American people, necessitating a nuanced approach that prioritizes transparency without compromising security.

The path forward is likely to involve selective declassification of UAP-related documents, which could provide invaluable insights, as well as leveraging NASA's scientific expertise to study UAPs, lending credibility and depth to the inquiry. International cooperation may also play a role, recognizing that UAPs are a global phenomenon requiring a unified, transparent, and scientifically driven response.

US Congress holds UFO Hearing (FOX 5 Washington DC, November 2024)

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

[onychespherein]

casually putting all my shit on lock after the latest ai fanfic scrape bullshit <3

[mrporg]

I've always been fascinated by fictional corporations and companies in books, tv and video games. I don't know why, probably because they lend credibility to their respective universes and help anchor the characters in a world that is believable.

Today's corporation is Venturis Corporation, from Tacoma by Fullbright.

As often in video games, this corporation is not the center point but we hear about it throughout the story. They own the Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma, which is a cargo transfer space station between the Earth and and the Moon. The game plays fully on Tacoma.

But in-game, they are more well known for being one of the pioneers of AI. Of course, this story was much more science-fictiony when it came out in 2018. Now in 2024, it's all a bit too real with companies like OpenAI...

Thankfully however, we still get to enjoy our science-fiction, because these AIs, created and owned by Venturis are not bullsh*tting engines (looking at you ChatGPT), but rather what we today call "AGI" (Artificial General Intelligence), which are much more what we imagine an AI should be: an artificial sentient being.

The AI in charge of Tacoma is called ODIN and is one of the central characters of the game. It interacts with the crew of the station throughout the story and we get to see its personality and learn more about it and its capabilities.

Venturis owns ODIN and that's a big theme in the game. But the company also develops access to space for humans and builds space habitats. Notably, you learn that they own the following locations:

Venturis Zenith Lunar Resort

Venturis Belt

Il Ridotto Orbital Caison

Fountain of Paradise Spaceport

We don't hear a lot about most of these locations, except for their purpose and that they are all managed by their own AI.

However, there's one exception. During the game, you do learn quite a lot about Venturis Belt, through personal logs, conversations and ads.

Imagine, a city in space. Hundreds of fully-automated interlinked "bungalows" encircling Earth.

"Fully-automated" is in bold above, because it's important, you'll see.

Except, the belt was never built, and it costs the Venturis Corporation dearly.

Something called the "Human Oversight Accord" was passed and the project cancelled. The accord is celebrated yearly as "Obsolescence Day", the day humans came together and decided to put a stop to full automation driven by AI, which would have made human orbital workers "obsolete".

Now, depending on how you look at it, it's either a good a bad thing.

No more jobs for humans, that sounds like a late-stage capitalism nightmare. No job = no money = no prospect = well, we all know how it goes...

Or, if you're a real optimist, it can sound like a socialist utopia, where humans would have been freed from useless work and have more time to develop to hobbies, arts, friends... you name it (Star Trek anyone?). The reasoning being more automation = less toil and also = more free time = possibly more happiness?

The interpretation is left an exercise to the player/reader.

Regardless, Venturis' plans for mass automation and removing humans from the equation didn't pan out and their project failed. It is not the only "defeat" the corporation will have to face, but I don't want to spoil the game too much for you. If you want to know the rest, I guess you will have to go and play it ;)

Credit: all the images are the property of Fullbright

[1o1percentmilk]

the issue with AI chatbots is that they should NEVER be your first choice if you are building something to handle easily automated forms.... consider an algorithmic "choose your own adventure" style chatbot first

it really seems to me that the air canada chatbot was intended to be smth that could automatically handle customer service issues but honestly... if you do not need any sort of "human touch" then i would recommend a "fancier google form"... like a more advanced flowchart of issues. If you NEED AI to be part of your chatbot I would incorporate it as part of the input parsing - you should not be using it to generate new information!

[gotta-bail-my-quails]

im not sure if it is meta or deeply ironic that a person would use AI for an assignment in a Critical AI course...

[thisisgraeme]

AI Governance in Education: Insights from Thought Leadership and Comparative Findings in Aotearoa New Zealand

How can AI governance shape the future of education? Explore key insights from PwC and our own findings on ethical oversight, AI in classrooms, and the role of leadership in driving responsible AI use. Read more! #AIinEducation

As AI continues to permeate various sectors, including education, understanding how it should be governed is essential. In PwC New Zealand’s Artificial Intelligence: What Directors Need to Know, a comprehensive framework for AI governance is presented, offering valuable insights that extend beyond corporate boardrooms and into the educational landscape. While the report is primarily…

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The Future of Justice: Navigating the Intersection of AI, Judges, and Human Oversight

One of the main benefits of AI in the justice system is its ability to analyze vast amounts of data and identify patterns that human judges may not notice. For example, the use of AI in the U.S. justice system has led to a significant reduction in the number of misjudgments, as AI-powered tools were able to identify potential biases in the data and make more accurate recommendations.

However, the use of AI in the justice system also raises significant concerns about the role of human judges and the need for oversight. As AI takes on an increasingly important role in decision-making, judges must find the balance between trusting AI and exercising their own judgement. This requires a deep understanding of the technology and its limitations, as well as the ability to critically evaluate the recommendations provided by AI.

The European Union's approach to AI in justice provides a valuable framework for other countries to follow. The EU's framework emphasizes the need for human oversight and accountability and recognizes that AI is a tool that should support judges, not replace them. This approach is reflected in the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which requires AI systems to be transparent, explainable and accountable.

The use of AI in the justice system also comes with its pitfalls. One of the biggest concerns is the possibility of bias in AI-generated recommendations. When AI is trained with skewed data, it can perpetuate and even reinforce existing biases, leading to unfair outcomes. For example, a study by the American Civil Liberties Union found that AI-powered facial recognition systems are more likely to misidentify people of color than white people.

To address these concerns, it is essential to develop and implement robust oversight mechanisms to ensure that AI systems are transparent, explainable and accountable. This includes conducting regular audits and testing of AI systems and providing clear guidelines and regulations for the use of AI in the justice system.

In addition to oversight mechanisms, it is also important to develop and implement education and training programs for judges and other justice professionals. This will enable them to understand the capabilities and limitations of AI, as well as the potential risks and challenges associated with its use. By providing judges with the necessary skills and knowledge, we can ensure that AI is used in a way that supports judges and enhances the fairness and accountability of the justice system.

Human Centric AI - Ethics, Regulation. and Safety (Vilnius University Faculty of Law, October 2024)

Friday, November 1, 2024

[themoderatespeaks]

Like it or not, it's coming. Instead of burying our heads in the sand and virtue signaling over how much we hate AI, don't use AI, etc., we should be keeping up with AI development and advocating for ethical guardrail legislation. This is just another area where giant corporations/conglomerates are going to require oversight, and it's going to have to be forced on them.

At least it won't be a free speech debate... at least not until AI sentience becomes a serious issue 😬