Recently both Liberty (UK) and the ACLU (USA) have become very concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence on civil liberties. Liberty’s remit to “challenge injustice, defend freedom and campaign to make sure everyone in the UK is treated fairly” and the ACLU’s mission to be the USA’s “guardian of liberty” puts the well-publicised problem of AI’s […]
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Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of Freedom
Freedom is a slippery concept. At a physical or philosophical level there are many who deny that it exists at all. Spinoza, for instance, thought it didn’t. “Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined”. Yet it is hardwired into […]