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When I was young, I took a packed lunch to school every day, and since I grew up in Australia, my packed lunch would include a couple of Vegemite sandwiches. Unless you grew up in Australia, you’ve probably never tasted it. And judging by this American’s first taste reaction of “Oh, that’s bad!”, you probably wouldn’t like the taste if…

In the past 12 months, artificial intelligence has become headline news, and not always for the right reasons. We’ve heard stories of sexist AI hiring algorithms, racist face detection algorithms, and AIs using your private social media data to influence elections. Embarrassing AI failures such as these can damage your reputation, incur regulatory penalties, and even negatively impact a company’s…

In our first blog post on the topic of AI Ethics, we covered the promise that artificial intelligence (AI) holds to improve the speed, accuracy, and operations of businesses across a range of industries. With the potential of AI, it’s hard to believe that businesses are hesitating to move forward with AI projects, but fear holds people back. They fear…

As machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) usher in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it seems like everyone wants to get in on the action. And who can blame them? AI promises improved accuracy, speed, scalability, personalization, consistency, and clarity in every area of business. With all those benefits, why are some businesses hesitating to move forward?  On the one hand,…

“Women and people of color are fighting many battles in the tech world and in the fast-growing world of artificial intelligence.” (The New York Times) Because AI models are often a reflection of the humans who train and manage them, incidents of AI bias are still found in many industries and in organizations all over the world. When companies build…

Art is subjective and everyone has their own opinion about it. When I saw the expressionist painting Blue Poles, by Jackson Pollock, I was reminded of the famous quote by Rudyard Kipling, “It’s clever, but is it Art?” Pollock’s piece looks like paint messily spilled onto a drop sheet protecting the floor. The debate of what constitutes art has a…

As more and more companies rely on AI, people are questioning whether or not AI can be trusted. Business reputations are damaged when inscrutable black box AI systems make mistakes or make biased decisions. To avoid these issues, organizations are seeking out ways to apply best practices of AI governance to ensure that AIs are following business rules and making…

AI has tremendous potential for benefiting humanity in every area of how we live and work. While most people realize this fact, their hopes for AI also come with a note of caution. A recent survey reported that 77% of Americans expressed that AI would have a “very positive” or “mostly positive” impact on how people work and live in…

A recently published research paper from Columbia University described a common dilemma in machine learning. Back in the mid-1990s, one cost-effective healthcare initiative investigated the application of machine learning to predict the probability of death for patients with pneumonia so that high-risk patients could be admitted to the hospital while low-risk patients were treated as outpatients. This had the potential…