Hello and welcome. I am Joseph Ciriaco and this is Contemporary Events. Today we will be talking about AI and the many ways Artificial Intelligence is creeping into our society today
For the first story, we are going to take a look at AI in the medical industry. Recently, as reported by the New York Times, AI programs have been used to predict if or when a patient would develop sepsis with many problematic results and “false alarms.” AI technology has also been used with the hopes of improving patient follow-up care, also with troubling consequences.
Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association, spoke about the exciting but worrisome nature of AI in the medical industry saying, “we’re going to have to have some confidence that these tools work,” reported the New York Times.
Morningside senior biology major, Megan Keller, spoke on AI in the medical industry that she wishes to go into- *play soundbite*
Moving on now, AI has been in the news recently with many talks about regulation.
Nick Clegg, the president of Global affairs for Meta, spoke at the Athens Democracy Forum on October 3rd about AI and its compatibility with democracy as reported by the New York Times. Clegg, after being asked if the public should be worried about the development of AI, said that the worries are currently not needed.
Clegg spoke on the nature of AI programming and development saying, “because these are systems, remember, which don’t know anything. They don’t have any real meaningful agency or autonomy… But it doesn’t know what the inherent meanings of those words are. So I think we need to adjust some of the somewhat breathless fears.”
Clegg’s main concern, after being asked about the potential for AI influence over the coming world elections, was the lack of a standardized watermark system. Clegg proposed that content generated by AI should have some form of watermark so that users can identify how it was generated.
Lastly, a quick story on President Biden’s executive order dealing with recommendations for AI regulations.
As reported by the New York Times, President Biden is following suit to things similar to what Nick Clugg had said in Athens, that the US government was concerned about watermarks on content generated by AI.
Following the push for regulations by the European Union, the White House is looking to create systems using independent government agencies, like the Federal Trade Commission, to approve of private developments. The official rules are set to go into effect within 90 days.
I am Joseph Ciriaco, and I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day.
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