Code Dependent Quotes

“Losing our sense of autonomy and control means it is harder to take responsibility for our own actions. It becomes harder to legally assign blame or judgement to individuals or corporations, who can place responsibility on AI software. After all, a machine can’t yet be put on trial. In the”
― Madhumita Murgia, Code-Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

“Philosophers believe that ultimately a person’s freedom is threaded inextricably with the quality of their agency – their ability to perceive their actions and desires as their own, and to feel able to create change. In small and large ways, AI systems are impinging on this, creating a feeling of individual disempowerment – even a sense of loss of our free will.”
― Madhumita Murgia, Code-Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

“essentially AI is a complex statistical software applied to finding patterns in large sets of real-world data.”
― Madhumita Murgia, Code-Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

“It’s never before been so convenient to remotely injure somebody and because of the remote access to the internet, and also the global reach of it, the multiplying effect of it, the damages to somebody’s privacy, reputation, career, are so much more profound and permanent also.”
― Madhumita Murgia, Code-Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI