Race – Osce Master

4 Minutes

MIT, Harvard scientists find AI can recognize race from X-rays — and nobody knows how

Steve Liem March 1, 2023

A doctor can’t tell if somebody is Black, Asian, or white, just by looking at their X-rays. But a computer can, according to a surprising new paper by an international team of scientists, including...

7 Minutes

Artificial intelligence predicts patients’ race from their medical images | MIT News

Steve Liem May 25, 2022

The miseducation of algorithms is a critical problem; when artificial intelligence mirrors unconscious thoughts, racism, and biases of the humans who generated these algorithms, it can lead to serious harm. Computer programs, for example,...

7 Minutes

Why artificial intelligence is vital in the race to meet the SDGs

Steve Liem May 19, 2022

The pandemic showed AI’s potential for accelerating progress towards the SDGs. It has potential application in health, climate change, agriculture and transport. But we must ensure artificial intelligence is employed in ways that are...

7 Minutes

Sitting Out of the Artificial Intelligence Arms Race Is Not an Option

Steve Liem April 18, 2022

Viewing the dangerous advances in military technology, from Nazi V-weapons to hydrogen bombs, investigative journalist I.F. Stone once described arms races as the inevitable product of there being “no limit to the ingenuity of...

5 Minutes

Artificial intelligence can discriminate on the basis of race and gender, and also age

Steve Liem January 28, 2022

We have accepted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in complex processes — from health care to our daily use of social media — often without critical investigation, until it is too late. The...

5 Minutes

Mobile Tech

The TECNO Way of Winning AI Camera Technology Race for the Future

Steve Liem October 5, 2021

With the most extensive and most accurate labeled data for emerging markets, TECNO is leading the AI Camera technology innovation for the AI era, providing consumers humanized experience to capture their style in everyday...