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Facebook expands AI doctoral programme to London
CNET 27 February 2021
Facebook is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) doctoral programme to the United Kingdom as part of a four-year research partnership with University College London, the company announced on Tuesday 23 February. Students of the programme will spend time at both UCL and Facebook as they pursue projects that can contribute to the company’s efforts to publish open-source research, writes Katie Collins for
CNET.
Facebook’s efforts in the world of artificial intelligence can be seen across all of its products, from using machine learning to provide content in different languages, to tracking hand movements in Oculus VR, to helping remove hate speech and other harmful content. The company works in collaboration with the global academic community in order to ensure that its own research complements and is also accessible to other AI researchers through the open-sourcing of its work.
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Amid an increasing Big Tech push to implant devices into the human brain, a Christian neurology doctor has detailed the ethical parameters of mind-reading technology that companies like Facebook seek to utilize.
Dr. Travis Losey, the vice-chair of the department of neurology and co-director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Loma Linda University in southern California, said in an interview with The Christian Post that when it comes to the use of brain interface technology, the purpose should be to heal something that was harmed by disease or a disorder. The core ethical issue with the brain-computer interface is similar to issues with medication,” he offered. “I think it s only ethical to use medications when they are being used to restore function that has been lost or affected by a disease. The same principles would apply to brain-computer interfaces.”