1.
THAT DYSTOPIC ROBOT
FUTURE
#FutureworldToday #Robots @RobotLaunch

2.
IT’S NOT SCI-FI
But don’t blame the robots!

3.
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4.
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5.
Artificial
Intelligence
is really Artificial
Stupidity @RobotLaunch

6.
That’s just the start.
There are 5 more problems.

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1. Robot
SMOG
The sheer number of
new physical systems
in our environment will
cause traffic jams and
all sorts of pollution.
@RobotLaunch

8.
Downtown Los Angeles circa 1920s

9.
Andra Keay @RobotLaunch #ALD2017
SWARM ROBOTS

10.
SMOG ROBOTS
@RobotLaunch

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2. Robot
SPAM
The noise levels in our
lives will increase
significantly as we see
more social devices.

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Photo credit: louvre.fr

13.
Via CB Insights
“670% increase in clicks
using psychographic
profiling in 2009 study”
“four to five thousand
data points on every
American citizen”
Cambridge Analytica

14.
SOCIAL ROBOTS

15.
SPAM ROBOTS

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3. Robot
STEREOTYPES
Robots and the AI inside
them all operate on
stereotyped data,
setting social change
back to the most popular
views, not the most
progressive ones.
So many men,
so few bullets!

17.
Cognitive biases help us react faster.

18.
Robots might be biased but
humans are worse!
▪ We think of robots like people not devices
▪ But we don’t think robots are biased
▪ We think robots can be updated easily
▪ Male designers build robots for men
▪ Most robots are male/neutral
▪ Female robots are sexy or servile
▪ Women don’t make robots

19.
1: Women don’t build robots

20.
Andra Keay @RobotLaunch #ALD2017

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2: Robots aren’t built for women

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Andra Keay @RobotLaunch
3: Robots don’t do diversity

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Wikipedia: Automatic face detection with Open CV

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4: Robots have stereotyped data

25.
Via: @jackyalcine 28 Jun 2015

26.
Andra Keay @RobotLaunch #ALD2017

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4: Female robots are servile

28.
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi

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5: Most robots are not female

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Andra Keay @RobotLaunch

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Image: Eater Magazine
6: Humanoid robots are slaves

32.
Bias
Is an inherent property
of both Algorithms and
Robots @RobotLaunch

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ROBOT STEREOTYPES

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4. Robot
SURVEILLANCE
We have eyes in the sky
now as well as on the
ground. Every robot
needs sensors to
operate, making them
constant roving data
collectors.
Photo: Aerotain

35.
Postcard of Panopticon at Stateville Correction Centre, Illinois. Courtesy of Alex Wellerstein

36.
Simplified drawing of self-driving car sensors

37.
SOCIAL ROBOTS

38.
IF 1 CAR = 4,000 GB DATA/DAY
OFFICES/SHOPS
= 100 Million HOUSES = 1 Billion
CARS = 1 Billion PEOPLE = 7 Billion
FACTORIES =
10 Million

39.
40 Billion Terabytes Data/Day
10 Trillion Terabytes Data/Year
OFFICES/SHOPS
= 100 Million HOUSES = 1 Billion
CARS = 1 Billion PEOPLE = 7 Billion
FACTORIES =
10 Million

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44 trillion GbAccumulated data by 2020
50 billion devicesWith multiple devices by 2020
4 billion peopleOnline >50% world’s population

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5. Robot
SUBVERSION
Robots are not neutral.
Their actions can be
deceptive and
manipulative. Basically,
they are good at pushing
our buttons or pulling our
strings.

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StereotypesCreating a society resistant to social justice
SubversionManipulating our behavior without our knowledge
SurveillanceConstantly collecting data from everything

43.
WHO OWNS
dataall our data?

44.
“ If you are not paying
for it, you're not the
customer;
you're the product
being sold.
Television Delivers People 1973

45.
SOLUTIONSfrom EPSRC “Principles of Robotics” 2010
https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/research/ourportfolio/themes/engineering/activities/principlesofrobotics/

46.
1. Don’t make KILLER
ROBOTS
No robot should be
designed as a machine
for killing, except in the
interests of national
security.

47.
2. Robots should
OBEY THE LAW
Robots are just tools.
Users and owners have
responsibilities as well
as designers and
manufacturers.

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3. Robots should be
GOOD PRODUCTS
Like any other product
robots should comply
with standards for
safety and reliability.

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4. Robots should be
TRANSPARENT
Robots are artifacts:
the illusion of life or
emotion should not be
used to exploit users.
Photo: Engineered Arts

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5. Robots should be
IDENTIFIABLE
It should be possible to
see or to find out who
is responsible for any
robot.

51.
R2D2 and C3PO from Star Wars

52.
andra
is a combination of
androgynous and
android
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