Bias
Looking Beyond the Hype: Revealing the Dangers of Large Language Models
With the rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, hype around Large Language Models (LLMs) has grown, signaling the start of what seems like an arms race as companies push to create ever larger models. Many readers have likely asked ChatGPT some silly questions, but how many are aware of the potential dangers posed by such seemingly innocent […]
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Discrimination by Design: The Dangers of AI in Decision Making
Already at our doorstep! Artificial intelligence, it seems as if there does not go by a day without hearing or reading news about it. AI algorithms have received increasing attention in recent years, mainly because of the many advances that have been made in the field. AI algorithms can perform a growing range of tasks […]
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AI will help the workforce rather than harm it
In recent years or rather a decade, artificial intelligence has advanced incredibly due to increased computational power. Now we see tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or DALL-E publicly available to everyone with an internet connection. However, once we see what kind of “art” can be generated with just a few text prompts, or how a […]
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AI worsens world inequality, already a rising deadly issue
Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken over most areas of interest today, and in the future, this technology will be more and more present in all the activities we do day by day. AI emerged as a reality with the technological revolution. This growing development of AI has come with both the technological advancement of the […]
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The Dutch child care benefit scandal: an important lesson learned
A discriminating algorithm that wrongfully classified thousands of families as potential fraudsters indirectly led to the resignation of the Dutch government in 2021: a text-book example of bias in Artificial Intelligence. On January 15th 2021, the Dutch government resigned after thousands of families were wrongfully accused of fraud. Moreover, a disproportionate amount of the accused […]
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How AI can help us make a leap towards a bias-free world
You may not already know, but you are biased. Biased by the environment you grew up in, your gender, the things you watch on TV or YouTube, your skin tone, who you follow on Instagram, what type of papers you read and so on. The fact that you are reading this paper already tells that […]
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We Need New Rules For Controlling And Monitoring The Evolution Of AI
The spreading of Artificial Intelligence in a lot of different domains is not news anymore. Intelligent systems, self-learning algorithms, and interconnected technologies have become normal tools in our society, often raising concerns and preoccupations that such systems might one day be able to outsmart humans. However, these problems are not as immediate as other threats […]
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