Julia Angwin, an investigative journalist and bestselling author, described AI as software that makes a judgment. A lesson she touched on was that language matters when it comes to the use of AI. It’s all around us and it’s happening right now. You have boomers wanting to run wild, and boomers thinking that AI will take over the world. What does AI mean for journalists? Journalists are the essential watchdogs. The internet gets bad info that is not plausible, distrust and long-term trends of loss of trust in the news already exist. AI will only make it worse. We are constantly searching for the truth. Moreover, transparency and accountability are needed to continue to strive.
Five Key Takeaways:
- There are three parts to making an automated judgment: generate, predict and control.
- AI makes mistakes and safety is needed now more than ever this involves assurances, security, ethics and alignment.
- It’s a political discourse when it comes to the multiple faces of AI.
- As journalists, it’s our job to gain the trust once again for the public.
- We need to talk about machines as in the humans that produce them not as if they themselves are human.
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