Kate Crawford Quotes

There are many valid concerns about AI, from its impact on jobs to its uses in autonomous weapons systems and even to the potential risk of superintelligence.

It's perfectly reasonable to say that AIs are potentially dangerous. That seems to me like a statement of fact.

I could do a whole talk on the question of is AI dangerous.' My response is that AI is not going to exterminate us. It's a tool that's going to empower us.

And I think the greatest danger that AI poses isn't so much these anthropomorphic beings who look like us and are beguiling are going to fool us. It's the fact that a intelligence without a body or corporeal form will fool us into trusting it with data, which we seem to think is... it has no repercussions.

AI is a tool. The choice about how it gets deployed is ours.

With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where there is the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, … he’s sure he can control the demon. But it doesn’t work out.

What all of us have to do is to make sure we are using AI in a way that is for the benefit of humanity, not to the detriment of humanity.

I do think there should be some regulations on AI.

It is important to recognise that, alongside the huge benefits that artificial intelligence offers, there are potential ethical issues associated with some uses.

Only by developing a deeper understanding of AI systems as they act in the world can we ensure that this new infrastructure never turns toxic.

The real problem is not the existential threat of AI. Instead, it is in the development of ethical AI systems.

I believe in human-centered AI to benefit people in positive and benevolent ways.

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

It's going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.

Technology is at the forefront of everything these days - communication, work. It's amazing and scary at the same time how robots have evolved, but I find it hard to believe that robots will completely rule the world. Not in my lifetime anyway.

Technology is only an enabler, which can help achieve the intention of the person who is using it.

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

We speak of 'software eating the world,' 'the Internet of Things,' and we massify 'data' by declaring it 'Big.' But these concepts remain for the most part abstract. It's hard for many of us to grasp the impact of digital technology on the 'real world' of things like rocks, homes, cars, and trees. We lack a metaphor that hits home.

I'm not afraid of computers taking over the world.

The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body.

A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.

The goal of 'Data Detectives' is to spark the imagination of students around the globe by making them think about new technologies that will impact humanity in ways similar to language and art.

Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software.

I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species.

As a society, we are underinvesting resources in research on the societal implications of AI technologies.