Oct 28, 2020 - The Batch | DeepLearning.AI

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Tech & Society

The Black Box Has Dark Corners: Will we ever understand what happens inside black box AI?

Will we ever understand what goes on inside the mind of a neural network?The fear: When AI systems go wrong, no one will be able to explain the reasoning behind their decisions.

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Tech & Society

Unfair Outcomes Destroy Trust: What could cause widespread backlash against AI?

Will AI that discriminates based on race, gender, or economic status undermine the public’s confidence in the technology? Seduced by the promise of cost savings and data-driven decision making, organizations will deploy biased systems that end up doing real-world damage.

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Tech & Society

Giant Models Bankrupt Research: Will training AI become too expensive for most companies?

What if AI requires so much computation that it becomes unaffordable?The fear: Training ever more capable models will become too pricey for all but the richest corporations and government agencies. Rising costs will

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Tech & Society

The AI Community Splinters: Could geopolitics drive a wedge in the AI community?

Will international rivalries fragment international cooperation in machine learning? Countries competing for AI dominance will lash out at competitors.

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Tech & Society

AI Spreads Disinformation: Understanding the fear of AI-powered disinformation

Will AI promote lies that deepen social divisions? Propagandists will bait online recommendation algorithms with sensationalized falsehoods. People who snap at the clickbait will be reeled into opposing ideological silos.

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Letters

Happy Halloween! An Alternative AI Glossary

Welcome to this special Halloween issue of The Batch! In AI, we use many challenging technical terms. To help you keep things straight, I would like to offer some definitions that I definitely would not use.

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The Batch: Halloween Special! Skeletons in the AI Closet including Bias, Disinformation, Rivalries, Power-Hungry Models, Black Boxes

Welcome to this special Halloween issue of The Batch! In AI, we use many challenging technical terms. To help you keep things straight, I would like to offer some definitions that I definitely would not use.