Data centers put AI divide into focus in Buncombe commissioner races
Asheville candidates differ on how far City Hall should go with AI
Items being discussed include:
Employees from entering sensitive information into software
Personnel decisions
Consequential decisions involving public safety, employment, benefits or housing assistance
"The computer made the decision, and there’s nothing we can do about it."
Inaccurate or biased results and misuse of personal information
Some AI researchers and industry leaders warn that the technology is advancing faster than society’s ability to understand, regulate and control it, raising concerns ranging from job losses and cyberattacks to potentially catastrophic outcomes
Entering personally identifiable, health, personnel, payment card or other confidential information into chatbots
Identifying people through facial recognition or other biometric data
Analyzing people’s emotions; assigning people scores based on their behavior or personal characteristics; manipulating vulnerable people
Operating autonomous weapons :wtf: Local government? :wtf:
Infringing on residents’ rights or privacy
Predictive policing
Uusing AI with automated license plate readers to compile and track resident data for warrantless searches
Decisions involving residents’ rights, livelihoods, homes, businesses, privacy or access to essential services
Who gets hired, who is flagged by law enforcement or who receives a city service or benefit
“We shouldn’t be able to outsource responsibility to an algorithm or to the company that created it."
Accuracy
Concerns about energy, water and infrastructure
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Idiot.
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