Published 11 May 2023

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Scientists and industry thought leaders gathered at EmTech Digital 2023 (Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2-3) to explore the risks and rewards of recent groundbreaking developments in artificial intelligence (AI). We unpack how the nascent tech is integrating into businesses and distil the key ethical concerns and practical use cases shaping the sector.

The Great Disruption: Ethics & AI

Business-Pertinent Applications

AI has shot to the tech industry’s attention, raising ethical questions about its applications and reach. At EmTech, researchers sounded the alarm about AI’s potential to become an existential threat to humans, while ethics scientists and independent organisations warned of baked-in algorithmic bias and a concentration of AI influence in Big Tech’s hands.

AI has shot to the tech industry’s attention, raising ethical questions about its applications and reach. At EmTech, researchers sounded the alarm about AI’s potential to become an existential threat to humans, while ethics scientists and independent organisations warned of baked-in algorithmic bias and a concentration of AI influence in Big Tech’s hands.

Summary

The Great Disruption: Ethics & AI

AI has shot to the tech industry’s attention, raising ethical questions about its applications and reach. At EmTech, researchers sounded the alarm about AI’s potential to become an existential threat to humans, while ethics scientists and independent organisations warned of baked-in algorithmic bias and a concentration of AI influence in Big Tech’s hands.

Business-Pertinent Applications

Applied AI is entering offices, factories and hospitals. Thinking about it as a helpful assistant (with limitations) is starting to change the way consumers carry out repetitive tasks and structure their workdays. Meanwhile, AI’s predictive and optimising capabilities are radically reshaping the healthcare and manufacturing industries.

EmTech Digital 2023: Supercharging Artifical Intelligence

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