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Posted on September 22, 2020September 23, 2020

To Make Fairer AI, Physicists Peer Inside Its Black Box

After repurposing facial recognition and deepfake tech to study galaxies and the Higgs boson, physicists think they can help shape the responsible use of AI.
Posted on June 29, 2016

The Chicken and EEG Problem: Looking For a Humane Way to Kill Chickens

The Chicken and EEG Problem: Looking For a Humane Way to Kill Chickens
Animal welfare is tricky when you get into the details; it means, essentially, a bunch of humans sitting around considering what it feels like to be a chicken. The post The Chicken and EEG Problem: Looking For a Humane Way to Kill Chickens appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on May 20, 2016

Scientists Are Just as Confused About the Ethics of Big-Data Research as You

Scientists Are Just as Confused About the Ethics of Big-Data Research as You
Institutional review boards have long governed research ethics, but do they need to evolve in the digital age? The post Scientists Are Just as Confused About the Ethics of Big-Data Research as You appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on October 6, 2015

Science Would Like Some Rules for Genome Editing, Please

Science Would Like Some Rules for Genome Editing, Please

At an international meeting in Washington, the bigwigs of Crispr/Cas9 try to sort out the ethics of editing DNA.

The post Science Would Like Some Rules for Genome Editing, Please appeared first on WIRED.

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