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Microsoft Doesn't Want Flawed AI to Hurt its Reputation
Microsoft told investors recently that flawed AI algorithms could hurt the company's reputation.
The warning came via a 10-K document that the company has to file annually to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 10-K filing is mandatory for public companies and is a way for investors to learn about financial state and risks that the company may be facing.
In the filing, Microsoft made it clear that despite recent enormous progress in machine learning, AI is still far from the utopian solution that solves all of our problems objectively. Microsoft noted that if the company ends up offering AI solutions that use flawed or biased algorithms or if they have a negative impact on human rights, privacy, employment or other social issues, it's brand and reputation could suffer.
Tay is still trapped in Redmond.
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(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @01:19PM (2 children)
Being Microsoft hurts the company’s reputation pretty bad already. Unless everyone ignores the last 30 years or so of their shady business practices and flawed software.
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday February 07 2019, @03:19PM
Exactly. It takes human dipshits to make really dumb decisions, like including Newsguard as a default extension of Edge. AI my ass, just more blame-shifting. It's their human garbage vs. AI garbage. Solution: Don't hire human garbage.
Wonder why Microsoft and Google hired Indian CEOs? It's because Indians are great for throwing under the bus to protect the real higher-ups (CIA stooges and/or Israeli double-agents) who ultimately approve of those dumb-ass decisions. Thank you, come again!
Back to decisions like Newsguard and censorship/deplatforming at-large: It's because tech relies on a lot of intelligence community money, and if they don't play ball, then they don't get to slurp from the gravy-train.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @04:38PM
That's what I was thinking: Since when did MS care about their reputation in quality? I guess in AI they actually have to compete.