The ethical dilemma we face on AI and autonomous tech | Christine Fox | TEDxMidAtlantic

The inspiration for Kelly McGillis' character in Top Gun, Christine Fox is the Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Prior to joining APL, she served as Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense from December 2013 to May 2014, making her the highest-ranking female official in history to serve in the Department of Defense. Ms. Fox is a three-time recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal. She has also been awarded the Department of the Army’s Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service.

Ms. Fox currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Board on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications (BMSA) at the National Research Council, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
With nearly 6,000 staff at what is the nation’s largest University Affiliated Research Center, Johns Hopkins APL makes critical contributions to a wide variety of national and global technical and scientific challenges. As the Director of Policy and Analysis, Ms. Fox leads efforts to increase APL’s engagement on technical policy issues and directs research and analysis projects on behalf of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other federal agencies.

[GyeonghunPyeon]

윤리적인 딜레마와 관련된 문제들을 들을 때마다 드는 생각이 있습니다. 우리가 절대적으로 가장 존중받아야할 가치관을 정할 수 있는가에 대한 문제입니다. 그 답은 많은 사람들의 토론속에서 찾을 수 있고 이 영상이 그 좋은 예인 것 같습니다.

[Emily-zbxt]

I need more examples except for the same car and pedestrian one.

[josefinamagallanes]

Could we still have action, motivation and intent in the way of a current murder? if this IT murdered someone, who would be at fault the owner or the maker of the technology?

[ThisIsToolman]

Wow! This lady has it going on. We need her to head-up a new branch of Underwriters Laboratory.

[josefinamagallanes]

They could have just saved and released through a different venue and included the hack photo as the introduction.

[dezenaamvergeetiknie]

This lady scares me and I hope she is not representative for most defense executives. She doesn't even understand why drones are controversial after studying such operations for many years? Just shows how oblivious she is.

Imagine that up in the sky there are drones controlled by some person halfway across the world. They fly so high you can't see them but you know they are there. You realize that at any point the operator can decide to end your life. Whether you are a "terrorist" or not, some guy is just doing his daily job, making that call. Have fun going outside.

[fairai]

Dilemmas are there definitely, more interesting is to see the different actions taken by different people/regions/organizations post-dilemma

[fernandolobina]

Does anyone have a direct link to the DOD directives she talks about? :)

[RatusMax]

I want to be a data scientist...but...That moment where I have the ability to truly control a persons decision in what they buy...just by the simple clicks and comments they say on the internet...That moment when all (well the high probability of what the human will choose) human choices will be known...What will it really mean to be free? Even when they know...humans will still be willing to give up their data....for convenience..

[technologyandsocietyC]

What about the Chinese? Their companies don't play by the same rules. How do we stop their abuse of AI, now and in the years ahead?

[atmtm]

Does anyone knows a recent case of a REAL not just ethical/unethical issues BUT an ethical/moral dilemma where a corporation or company had a hard choice to make thx in advance

[josefinamagallanes]

Even when it can discriminate and acknowledge? even so, what if someone sticks a virus and or malware in

[kevincleveland]

Corporations lie considers cigarette companies that said "cancer causes smoking". They have no motivation to make things safe "a corporation is an ingenious tool for gaining personal wealth without personal responsibility" I actually don't remember who said that. And in Ford vs. the Board of Directors the US Supreme Court found the purpose of a corporation is to pay a dividend with stockholders. Therefore corporations have no moral obligation! Unfortunately we can't stop these things and we can't trust them.

[StarsTogether]

Marvellous work! To deepen your knowledge, a book with identical themes is a must. "Game Theory and the Pursuit of Algorithmic Fairness" by Jack Frostwell

[John-]

Outstanding work! This content is setting a new standard. I recently read a similar book, and it was groundbreaking. "Game Theory and the Pursuit of Algorithmic Fairness" by Jack Frostwell

[quakethedoombringer]

She's basically the irl Charlie from Top Gun (even down to the hair)

[ravengaze]

They be ready in less than two years... sure

[ronaldlogan]

well perhaps there is some ways for going back (to pre-internet technologies) after all. but it would require a very difficult to survive catastrophe. Mother nature: "Hold my beer"

[hensonjhensonjesse]

I'm sorry but the connections she's making between semi autonomous driving and soldier or civilian are outrageous. That's a far stretch.

[josefinamagallanes]

elon musk, did take on the responsibility of insuring the tesla vehicle....
he began insurance for only tesla owners.