An artist working for a European Commission project called SHERPA, which investigates the way “smart information systems” impact human rights, has built an AI-enabled water gun:
‘Our artist has built a water gun with a face recognition on it so it will only squirt water at women or it can be changed to recognise a single individual or people of a certain age,’ said Prof. Stahl. ‘The idea is to get people to think about what this sort of technology can do.’
Getting AI ethics wrong could ‘annihilate technical progress’
The project is intended to highlight how biased or inaccurate AI systems can impact ordinary people. Does it think you’re between 30 and 50 years-old? Squirt.