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How should AI developers be addressing ethical issues as they create new technology?

Mark Weber on "Connections"
Julie Williams
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WXXI News
Mark Weber on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, December 11, 2023
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How can – and should – AI developers be addressing ethical issues as they create new technology? It’s a question a local professor is exploring in his work.

Mark Weber leads a business, AI, and innovation program at Nazareth University. This hour, we discuss data bias, deepfakes, algorithms, and the ethics of creating AI.

Our guest:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.