5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI data workers demand protection, AI MRI tools, more
Today, October 24, turned out to be a pivotal day in the field of artificial intelligence. In the first incident, data workers in the US who are training AI have written an open letter to the policymakers urging them to safeguard their rights and livelihoods. This comes ahead of the second AI Insight Forum which is going to be hosted by the US Senate with AI leaders. In other news, a new study has assessed AI-based imaging techniques to diagnose multiple sclerosis. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.
In a letter directed to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who serves as the Senate Majority Leader, laborers and organizations representing civil society have called upon Congress to protect against a "dystopian future" marked by extensive surveillance and meager wages for those responsible for training AI algorithms.
“The contributions of data workers, often invisible to the public, are critical to advancements in AI. The corporations failed to adequately answer the questions posed by members of Congress. We therefore urge you to consider how workers, across sectors, are already impacted by new technologies and respond to their demands,” said the letter.
The letter added, “To guard against this dystopian future, Congress should develop a new generation of economic policies and labor rights related to prevent corporations like Amazon from leveraging tech-driven worker exploitation into profit and outcompeting rivals by taking the low road”.
According to a report by News Medical, a new study has assessed the effectiveness of AI-based tools in evaluating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test results and has found that it can more sensitively and accurately evaluate such reports of disease activity than
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