NEW YORK POST: Google creates ethics team to stop our future robot overlords

  • Diane Coyle

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Six ethics “fellows” will independently advise the scientists, formed entirely of esteemed academics.

They include Professor Nick Bostrom, a renowned physicist from Oxford University; Professor of Economics Diane Coyle, OBE, from University of Manchester; Professor Edward Felten, a computer science and public affairs expert from Princeton University; global climate change expert Christiana Figueres, senior partner at McKinsey James Manyika and senior UN advisor Professor Jeffrey Sachs.

Period6 Oct 2017

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  • TitleGoogle creates ethics team to stop our future robot overlords
    Media name/outletNew York Post
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date6/10/17
    DescriptionSix ethics “fellows” will independently advise the scientists, formed entirely of esteemed academics.

    They include Professor Nick Bostrom, a renowned physicist from Oxford University; Professor of Economics Diane Coyle, OBE, from University of Manchester; Professor Edward Felten, a computer science and public affairs expert from Princeton University; global climate change expert Christiana Figueres, senior partner at McKinsey James Manyika and senior UN advisor Professor Jeffrey Sachs.
    URLnypost.com/2017/10/06/google-creates-ethics-team-to-stop-our-future-robot-overlords/
    PersonsDiane Coyle
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Keywords

  • robotics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Google