Joi Ito said several things that are unpleasant but are probably believed by most people, and so I am glad for the reminder.
JOI ITO: This may upset some of my students at MIT, but one of my concerns is that it’s been a predominately male gang of kids, mostly white, who are building the core computer science around AI, and they’re more comfortable talking to computers than to human beings. A lot of them feel that if they could just make that science-fiction, generalized AI, we wouldn’t have to worry about all the messy stuff like politics and society. They think machines will just figure it all out for us.
Yes, you would expect non-white, older, women who are less comfortable talking to computers to be better suited dealing with AI friendliness! Their life experience of structural oppression helps them formally encode morals!
ITO: [Temple Grandin] says that Mozart and Einstein and Tesla would all be considered autistic if they were alive today. [...] Even though you probably wouldn’t want Einstein as your kid, saying “OK, I just want a normal kid” is not gonna lead to maximum societal benefit.
I should probably get a good daily reminder most people would not, in fact, want their kid to be as smart, impactful and successful in life as Einstein, and prefer “normal”, not-too-much-above-average kids.
Joi Ito said several things that are unpleasant but are probably believed by most people, and so I am glad for the reminder.
Yes, you would expect non-white, older, women who are less comfortable talking to computers to be better suited dealing with AI friendliness! Their life experience of structural oppression helps them formally encode morals!
I should probably get a good daily reminder most people would not, in fact, want their kid to be as smart, impactful and successful in life as Einstein, and prefer “normal”, not-too-much-above-average kids.
Both of those Ito remarks referenced supposedly widespread perspectives. But personally, i have almost never encountered these perspectives before.
Time to Godwin myself:
1930′s Germany: The problem with relativity is that it’s developed by Jews. We need an ethnically pure physics.
2010′s USA : The problem with AI is that it’s developed by white men. We need an ethnically diverse compsci.