Smart Software: Is Control Too Late Arriving?
January 4, 2020
I read “US Government Limits Exports of Artificial Intelligence Software.” The main idea is that smart software is important. The insight may be arriving after the train has left the station. The trusty Thomson Reuters’ report states:
It comes amid growing frustration from Republican and Democratic lawmakers over the slow roll-out of rules toughening up export controls, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, urging the Commerce Department to speed up the process.
And the reason (presented via a quote from an expert) seems to be “rival powers like China.”
I took a quick spin through other items in my newsfeed this morning, Saturday, January 3, 2020. Here’s a selection of five items. Remember. It’s Saturday and a day when many Silicon Valley types get ready for some football.
- A.I. Is Learning to Read Mammograms. Will Google keep this technology from other countries? Google is a stakeholder in One Medical. Publicly traded companies have to generate revenue. Will Google and One Medical ignore revenue opportunities?
- A free book “Dive into Deep Learning”. Will this information be limited in its distribution? What about code on GitHub?
- “This Startup Is Raising $7 Million for a Technology That “Can Authenticate People Based on Their Typing Style”. A non US company, now based in Brooklyn, uses AI to identify individuals. What if the technology returns to the land of its birthplace and seeks customers to the East?
- “Mirriad’s AI Slips Ads into Empty Spaces in Online Videos”. Will this Five Eyes’ participant prevent an advertising company from deploying its smart software into other solutions in other countries?
- “Build, Train, and Deploy a Machine Learning Model” Will Amazon limit access to its machine learning how-to content online, at conferences, and in college classrooms?
Not far from where I am writing this, more than 100 exchange students are working in teams to master a range of technologies, including smart software. One group is Chinese; another is German. Will the smart software encountered by these students be constrained in some way? What if the good stuff has been internalized, summarized, and emailed to fellow travelers in another country?
DarkCyber has a question, “Is it perhaps a little late in the game to change the rules?”
Stephen E Arnold, January 4, 2020
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Re google’s mammogram study. Let’s not forget the real big picture. Mammograms should be abolished for NUMEROUS scientifically solid reasons despite the misleading concept of better diagnosis pushed by the highly profiteering corrupt cancer industry (which google is part of) — read the books: ‘Mammography Screening: Truth, Lies and Controversy’ by Peter Gotzsche and ‘The Mammogram Myth’ by Rolf Hefti