Meredith Broussard is unusually well placed to dissect the constant hype surrounding AI. She is a data scientist and associate professor at New York University, and has been one of the leading researchers in the field of algorithmic bias for years.
And while her own work leaves her buried in math problems, she’s spent the last few years thinking about problems that math can’t solve. Broussard argues that we are consistently too eager to apply artificial intelligence to social problems in inappropriate and harmful ways, especially when race, gender, and ability are not taken into account.
Broussard spoke with our senior technology policy reporter Tate Ryan-Mosley about the problems with police use of technology, the limits of “AI fairness,” and the solutions he sees for some of the challenges posed by AI. Read the whole story.
More than 200 people have been treated with experimental CRISPR therapies
Jessica Hamzelou, senior biotechnology reporter for MIT Technology Review, has spent the past few days listening to how scientists, ethicists and patient groups wrestle with emotional and ethical dilemmas.
They have been debating how, when and whether we should use gene-editing tools to change the human genome at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London.
There is a lot to be excited about. In the decade since scientists discovered they could use CRISPR to edit cell genomes, the technology has already been used to save some lives and transform others.
