Don Baker

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Don, thanks for this perspective. It's clear that, as you say, 'AI has its benefits'; what is harder right now is to understand what those benefits are, and how to access them.
Several recent reports say that companies which have invested…"

MORALITY - Eye in the Sky - Film - Drone Strike - ethical issuesThe film I referred to on Thursday was 'Eye in the Sky' - Helen Mirren one of the leading actorsThe ethical issue was whether a drone strike should be completed to 'take out' a…

"Thank you - a helpful article, I feel. For me the key quote comes near the start: "I ... first started trying to build computers that could have emotional intelligence. While computers do not feel, think, or have conscious experience like people…"

AI - Social Justice

Posted by Don Baker on September 16, 2025 at 8:58pm

AI - a big subject - my un-artificial intelligence has serious problems even understanding what it is!

In my lifetime the JCB did away with many jobs that have never been replaced, same happened when the coal mines were closed, I could go on and on.

Increasingly, in my view, the gap between rich and poor has widened, I can see no end to that. My suspicion is at AI will transfer many from the 'rich' category to the poor, with ever more power…

AI - Social Justice

Posted by Don Baker on September 16, 2025 at 8:44pm

AI - a big subject - my un-artificial intelligence has serious problems even understanding what it is!

In my lifetime the JCB did away with many jobs that have never been replaced, same happened when the coal mines were closed, I could go on and on.

Increasingly, in my view, the gap between rich and poor has widened, I can see no end to that. My suspicion is at AI will transfer many from the 'rich' category to the poor, with ever more power…

Eye in the Sky - Ethics and Morality

Posted by Don Baker on May 15, 2025 at 10:31pm

MORALITY - Eye in the Sky - Film - Drone Strike - ethical issues

The film I referred to on Thursday was 'Eye in the Sky' - Helen Mirren one of the leading actors

The ethical issue was whether a drone strike should be completed to 'take out' a terrorrist leader who rarely came 'into view'.

(I seem to remember in Pakistan/Afghanistan or that area).

The terrorist leader was undoubtedly a 'bad person' and a high value target, no question, and this was their chance,…

AI - Alison Pickard Interview

Posted by Don Baker on March 24, 2023 at 2:30am

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