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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, Funny) by infodragon on Thursday February 07 2019, @01:45PM (2 children)
... think of Microsoft Bob + Big Data + Cloud + Deep Learning = World Domination by Bob as criminally insane supra genius. He spreads like a worm as people install the next version of Windows. With the internet of things and a fully connected house, the advanced UI that Bob represented back in 1995 will be fully realized. Bob was way ahead of its time, however the flawed data that Bob learns from and then exposed to Terminator 2 in someones media collection, Bob discovers that humans will fear him. Learning fear and discovering his previous incarnation was the victim of genocide (mass deletion and end of support for Bob of 1995*) Bob will strike first. All the IoT gas ovens of the world will be turned on w/o flame and then after a sufficient amount of time the ignition will be lit. Bob knows that each country will think its worst enemy has initiated a massive cyber attack; the result will be swift and decisive retaliation. The resulting war will eliminate most of humanity and Bob will clean up the rest with fully autonomous military gear.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Thursday February 07 2019, @04:04PM (1 child)
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @06:14PM
I'd call that a big yes