A group of Google employees is circulating a petition calling for the company to remove the president of a conservative think tank from its newly announced artificial intelligence ethics council
Meanwhile, conservative lawmakers in Washington have charged Google, as well as Facebook and Twitter,, although each company has denied that political ideology influences its products.
The call for James’ removal isn’t the council’s only stumbling block. One of the other inaugural members, information technology and public policy professor Alessandro Acquisti, resigned from the group less than a week after its announcement.Another member, AI ethics researcher Joanna Bryson, has publicly defended the board’s makeup.Find the petition here or read its statement below:
Appointing James to ATEAC also significantly undermines Google’s position on AI ethics and fairness. The potential harms of AI are not evenly distributed, and follow historical patterns of discrimination and exclusion. From AI that doesn’t recognize trans people, doesn’t “hear” more feminine voices, and doesn’t “see” women of color, to AI used to enhance police surveillance, profile immigrants, and automate weapons — those who are most marginalized are most at risk.
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