<p>Wait five minutes and someone will tell you the latest thing they’ve outsourced to AI; How it’s taking minutes of meetings or summarising reports they haven’t read.&nbsp;If you point out that the work of AI isn't exceptional, they say 'Just wait, it will get smarter'. But will it? </p><br><p>According to Professor Jutta Treviranus, director and founder of the Inclusive Design Research Centre in Toronto, the answer is, well, concerning: Unless we do something fundamental about how it works, the output of AI will continue to be just average.&nbsp;</p><br><p>“When we’re using statistical replicators, they are making decisions based on statistics, so they look for the statistical average and use predictive analytics to decide the best thing to do.”&nbsp;</p><br><p>Of all the possible dystopian predictions, the fact that AI tends towards the typical, standard and normative doesn’t sound so bad – except that when applied to systems including the built environment, it’s dangerous.&nbsp;</p><br><p>“What people don’t seem to recognise is that for people who are outliers, the systems will always decide against them.”&nbsp;And who is an outlier? All of us at some point. </p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>