Pinnedben byfordWhat is ethics?Short summary of my thinking about ethics and how we can use it in designing new technologies, like AI…·8 min read·Oct 31, 2023----
ben byfordBook review: The Myth of Artificial Intelligence–Why Computers Can’t Think The Way We DoFirst published open access on Prometheus Journal volume 38.·11 min read·Jul 13, 2022----
ben byfordThanks Fahim for featuring some of our podcast episodes in your peice here.1 min read·May 13, 2021----
ben byfordExpectations of Kaggle competitions: ethics and provenanceKaggle is a great platform for learning, discussing and participating in data problems using Machine Learning to help solve them. A…·4 min read·Oct 18, 2019----
ben byfordWhat even is AI anyway?AI is trendy and alluring; it has recovered in interest from several AI winters and is now harnessing millions of dollars in investment…·8 min read·Sep 17, 2019----
ben byfordThe only technology question is: why?We have come a long way in the last few hundred years. By all accountants we’ve done some astronomically impressive technological progress…·4 min read·Jul 5, 2019----
ben byfordAutonomy and MonopolyFirst published 12 Sep 2016 here: https://benbyford.com/articles/autonomy-and-monopoly/5 min read·Dec 15, 2017----
ben byfordinBecoming Human: Artificial Intelligence MagazineThe Trolly problem is not a synonym for autonomous carsThe Trolly problem is a thought experiment that does not apply to Autonomous cars6 min read·Dec 14, 2017----