What if AI Became Less Racist Than its Masters?
This talk presents the idea of Al exceeding human limitations. Would the realization of this kind of Al be permitted? An Al that doesn’t reproduce the social forms, particularly those associated with racism, that have concentrated so much power and wealth in a few hands? “Clear” by the founders of Detroit techno, Cybotron, points in this direction. So does Octavia Butler’s Afrofuturist classic Parable of the Talents. And, curiously enough, the Hollywood movie Eagle Eye presents an Al that’s far less racist than its makers as the ultimate enemy.
This talk will explore the possibility (a racially “clear” Al) and the challenges it might face.