03-07-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com

How Google’s ‘do the right thing’ could go wrong

Fearing the risks posed by an advanced artificial intelligence program, Google bowed out of the Pentagon’s Maven program, through which the tech giant has long led the offensive in the technological field.
Google partnered with the Defense Department to provide AI solutions for video imaging, but fearing their work would be weaponized and used for potential drone strikes, many of Google’s AI researchers protested.
Though its grounds for concerns aren’t unreasonable, Google&rsqu
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