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Time Is Ripe For Responsible AI In Aviation

Published on October 8, 2021
Artificial Intelligence
In the movie ’2001: A Space Odyssey’, there is a chilling interaction between an astronaut – David Bowman, and a sentient computer- HAL (Heuristically programmed Algorithmic computer). The dialogue goes something like this – David: “Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” HAL: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” The story goes that HAL learns, by reading their lips, that the astronauts are going to shut it down, fearing that it is malfunctioning. HAL then decides to kill the astronauts so that it can continue its programmed directives. The movie came out in 1968, and some of the novels in the Space Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke are even older. While the dangers posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been recognised from the time of its inception, it is only now that we see more attention being given to ethics in using AI. In a survey conducted by deeplearning.ai co-founder Andrew Ng in August 2020, it was revealed that explainable and ethical AI was one of the four important challenges that the AI community should be working on. Read More
This article written by Anupama Lakshmanan appeared in AnalyticsIndiaMag.com  

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