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Re:Jack Ma retires as Alibaba’s chairman by random314 on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @02:49AM (#20925672)
Elon was terrible with comical AI doomsday predictions, that no AI researcher including Turing winners Hinton and lecunn endorse. Ma was the only sane voice in the room.
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Re:Jack Ma retires as Alibaba’s chairman by fnord123 on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:23AM (#20926135)
Academic view of AI/ML in legal system: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603763/how-to-upgrade-jud...

Reality of AI/ML in legal system: https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/aug/08/rise-of-t...

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Re:Jack Ma retires as Alibaba’s chairman by cameronbrown on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @05:48AM (#20926544)
A perfect reminder of why ethics needs to be taken more seriously by Software "Engineers". I don't think we should throw around that title lightly when stuff like this is happening.

People won't die from what we build, but they can easily be denied medical insurance or get harsher sentences because an AI suggested it to a judge (especially those who aren't aware of the technology's limitations).

Building machines to make decisions should not be taken lightly. See: FAA(not N)G companies who ban people without human interaction.

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