Artificial Intelligence

AI Bias Is Correctable. Human Bias? Not So Much
“Defending Digital” Series, No. 5: Individual decisions are shaped by our values, beliefs, experiences, inclinations, prejudices, and blind spots. These “biases” can easily leak into information system design. But overall and over time, modern technology will prove a force for more fair and objective societal actions.
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Artificial Intelligence
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May 24, 2022
How Can AI Improve Educational Outcomes in the United States?
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are creating opportunities to improve K-12 education.
May 2, 2022
Podcast: Back to the Future: Historical Lessons of U.S. AI Policy, With Arthur Herman
The United States has been a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) since the 1950s. But AI and other advanced industry leadership in the United States has been threatened by increased competition with China. Rob and Jackie sat down with Arthur Herman, a senior fellow and director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative at The Hudson Institute, to discuss how AI leadership in the United States has eroded and what policymakers can do to save it for the future.
April 25, 2022
AI Bias Is Correctable. Human Bias? Not So Much
“Defending Digital” Series, No. 5: Individual decisions are shaped by our values, beliefs, experiences, inclinations, prejudices, and blind spots. These “biases” can easily leak into information system design. But overall and over time, modern technology will prove a force for more fair and objective societal actions.
April 25, 2022
How AI Can Improve K-12 Education in the United States
Personalized learning powered by AI provides a unique opportunity to close learning gaps between students in lower-income schools and those in wealthier ones, as well as improve educational outcomes for all students.
April 11, 2022
Fact of the Week: Investing in AI Significantly Reduced Business Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic
An increase of one standard deviation in the use of AI applications is associated with a 9.2 percent reduction in business risks due to the pandemic.
March 23, 2022
Book Talk on “Human-Centered AI” With Ben Shneiderman
Watch ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation for a conversation with Ben Shneiderman, whose new book calls for a “human-centered” perspective on AI, as opposed to a “technology-centered” focus, so as to better serve human needs.
January 10, 2022
AI Start-Ups Attracted Over 21 Percent of The World’s Venture Capital in 2020
This 28-fold increase from 2012 to 2020 was driven primarily by investment growth in the United States and China.
January 6, 2022
Calm Down: AI Isn’t Magic, Just Software
Stop listening to the hype, either the techno-utopian hype that says the “AI revolution” will be greater than the First Industrial Revolution or the techno-dystopians who say all is lost. The reality is that AI is just computer code.
December 7, 2021
AI Could Help Get Government Records Off Paper and Online
Although digitizing government has become easier, the amount of unstructured data agencies hold remains a steep barrier to full transparency. Artificial intelligence could be the answer.
December 1, 2021
More Than Meets The AI: The Hidden Costs of a European Software Law
The EU’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) in its current form will touch upon a much wider section of the EU’s economy and society than the European Commission publicly states or likely even envisages.

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