Re: AI For good

In relation to Paola Di Maio's answer, this is always a good reminder:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences#Perverse_results

Sometimes (actually very often) attempts "for good" backfire into the actual opposite

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From: Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>
Sent: 18 June 2019 06:17:01
To: Bradwell (US), Prachant
Cc: semantic-web@w3.org
Subject: Re: AI For good

Prachant
I have been working on Technology Ethics for some time.
Have studied the for good movements across different fields, much needs to be expounded
before the forces for good can be unified
1. much evil is carried out under for good label, this is characterized by either some genuine
ignorance, or by some human limitation - people thing they are doing for good but have only limited
visibiity/understanding hence eventually lose control over the set intentions - or by some
intention to mislead (people know that they are using for good label to camouflage something else, very common I learn).
2. sometimes, what is good for some, is not so good for others, so we need to resolve the dimensional challenges across various aspect of system development and deployment
3. in this challenging mess, which reflects the history of humanity, with all the tragedies and triumphs
there sneak in systemic pervasiveness, a layer of widespread perversion that transforms and twists
resources I address these loosely
https://stream.syscoi.com/2019/06/01/systemic-deviation-aka-the-evil-in-the-machine-paola-di-maio-2016-academia-edu/

Technically, I tackle these challenges by insisting on explicit logically proofable
AI KR - we should  understand (see, touch with hand, probe) as much as possible of AI systems
as well as on insisting on very good logical system design and processes

On a wider, bigger global scale, the struggle is to be able to understand the scale of things
the struggle between good and evil, the paradox that there can be good in evil and evil in good,
without losing the plot and remain functional for all intents and purposes

:-)

PDM




On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 12:13 AM Bradwell (US), Prachant <prachant.bradwell@boeing.com<mailto:prachant.bradwell@boeing.com>> wrote:
Hi all,

Just had a conversation with a colleague about AI for good; and how it’ll contribute to environmental protection, healthcare, etc etc.

Right now, there is a diaspora of efforts in that place, and it seems that there hasn’t yet been a movement to unify the movement within the private/public sectors. Think about the UN as an ethical “governing body.”

If a concept of operations could be developed to enable “failing fast and failing forward,” with the UN driving prioritization, I believe that we can create powerful and world-changing solutions fast.

If this is a good idea, how do conglomerate and make this happen?

Thanks

Prachant Bradwell

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