As part of its mission to support the public understanding of Artificial Intelligence, AISB is endorsing the From thinking tools to AI session of the Digital thinking tools badged course. The session can be studied on its own or as part of the course any time, and it is free of charge. The course itself is badged by both the Open University and the Institute of Coding.
The session From thinking tools to AI is about the dream of thinking machines. It traces the history of this dream from medieval times through to the AI developments of the 21st century. It critically examines the idea that AI will make humans redundant and argues that focusing on AI supremacy runs the danger of ignoring the more immediate dangers arising from AI making decisions using opaque algorithms and biased data.
The topics of opaque algorithms, explainable Artificial Intelligence and the broader question of what it means for machines to think have under discussion at many symposia of the AISB’s annual convention. This year’s convention, which is currently being rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, includes several symposia on topics such as opacity in machine learning, responsibility and control, Do Robots Talk?, AI and Moral Learning, and AI and Robotics Normative Spheres.