AI as a Force for Good | Matt Coatney | TEDxDayton

Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) improve the lives of cancer patients? Can it reduce crime? Could AI streamline aid distribution around the world to ease hunger and reduce disease? AI has become a reality, and Matt shows how it is now an integral part of our lives. He spotlights organizations using the technology to improve our world, and closes with a glimpse into the future indicating how people can get involved.

Matt Coatney is an Artificial Intelligence software executive, inventor, entrepreneur, author and speaker. He improves how people interact with AI by making software smarter and teaching people how to work and cope with advanced technology. He has built successful AI systems for healthcare, finance, law and government policy. Matt holds an MS in Computer and Information Science and a BS in Biochemistry from Ohio State University. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) including AI, bioinformatics, and knowledge discovery special interest groups.

[ajaygoel]

Pretty sure I was at that compute camp with you in the 5th grade. Outside, under a shed, at an NCR park?

[akoskocsis]

I find the crime and cancer ideas amazing. However if AI reaches a high level of popularity, eventually we will be able to create AIs based on human thoughts. That can cause a threat, as it is most likely going to be smarter than most people, yet act like people, potentially causing conflicts.
If the studied thoughts overcome his (or it's) 3 rules, it could get put of controll. I find The AI a revolutionary invention for good, but if it gets out of our control, it could learn against us.

[jacobkim]

First thing comes to my mind when I heard AI was Japanese Toilet!