Summary: Imagine a world where data is currency. A world where the majority of the data is owned and traded by 6 international data barons who are constantly at war with each other. In this world, rogue AI persecutes whole segments of the population while nations become Petri dishes for mind control. Most people move about daily life oblivious to the knowledge that someone is controlling them, telling them where to go, what to buy, and even how to vote. If you object, millions of cameras track you and pick you out of a crowd where you are intercepted by the authorities and taken off to be reprogrammed. Sound like the Minority Report? The Matrix? Black Mirror? Welcome to 2020. The data revolution and convergence are making the industrial revolution look like a blip on the radar when it comes to change. Join me as we discuss complex issues surrounding ethics in a new world. Who gets to collect and control data? How is AI influenced by data reflecting undesirable human behavior? Should we influence that data to reflect the values we aspire to? If so, who gets to decide the value system? What is the line between advertising and social engineering and is it eroding the concepts of free will and democracy? Is anyone even thinking about this? These are the ethical questions that are being decided (or not decided) today that will shape your tomorrow.
