Dr Oldfield speaks at Legal and General on AI and Ethics
Dr Oldfield said “AI and Ethics are a critical area to address so that we can progress in a way that is fair to society and minimise any disadvantage or unfairness”. Some developers use extra programmes such as SHAP and LIME to ‘explain’ their AI model. Looking at these models they look at the mechanics […]
Dr Oldfield speaks at REAIMS Summit (supported by Netherlands Foreign Ministry) on AI and Ethics as well as Gender Equity in Defence
Dr Oldfield said “It is critical to get the right people around the table and assume diverse representation. Therefore this opportunity to discuss gender equity is welcome. In addition the discussion of AI and Ethics is moving in a positive direction in defence, keeping this discussion moving is extremely important for future progress”. Click for […]
Dr Marie Oldfield, Director, Speaks at Chatham House Panel
“I was pleased to be invited to a prestigious panel at Chatham House to discuss the application and misapplication of artificial intelligence. Given my recent papers on the increasing number of ethical issues and legal cases being brought against AI that has not been developed correctly and has subsequently been withdrawn after causing serious harm […]
AI and Education
Read the published paper here As of 2020 there is still no subject benchmark statement for Artificial Intelligence or modelling. What does this mean? All subjects have a benchmark statement. This tells the educational institution what needs to be taught and when and describes the building blocks for progression in the subject. This statement also […]
Dr Marie Oldfield published in InfoSec Magazine
How Humans Can Positively Interact with Technology? Read the article here As Technology becomes more intertwined with the fabric of our daily lives and she parents schedule Alexa to read bedtime stories to their children, Marie asks, what does healthy interaction with technology look like? This involved understanding and maintaining freedoms that come with being […]
Dr Marie Oldfield published in Business Cloud
Black Mirror is already here. Should we be afraid? Read the article here At a recent panel Marie discussed dehumanisation and how people can start to devalue both others and themselves through excessive technology use. We might think Black Mirror is a dramatic TV programme but this and other such as Person of Interest and Humans […]
Published Research with Scoliosis SOS at SOSORT 2022
Our extensive clinical and statistical work with Scoliosis SOS has resulted in 4 papers being presented at the 2022 SOSORT Conference in San Sebastian. We are very proud to work with Scoliosis SOS and to be able to help those with Scoliosis have an improved quality of life. The papers are as follows: “The relationship […]
Transhumanism
By Milo Thomas Transhumanism The Transhumanist movement involves advocacy of progressive ideology towards the efforts of human ‘enhancement’ via technological or scientific means. A member or supporter of the movement, a ‘Transhumanist’, adopts a futurist-optimist stance on technological development. Transhumanists generally consider the enhancement ideology as part of human evolution and our developing symbiotic relationship […]
Technological Entrepreneurship and Artificial Intelligence.
Technological Entrepreneurship and Artificial Intelligence. By Miki Okilo More often than not, the greatest start up ideas do not make it to the commercialization stage and very few start ups are actually successful enough to lead industries. Now this is a rather strange problem considering the fact that technological gaps around the world are closing […]
Oldfield Consultancy working in Anthropomorphism and Philosophy of AI for MOD Cyber
By Marie Oldfield CStat, CSci, FIScT Oldfield Consultancy has won a bid with Sirius Analytics to provide expert input to the Ministry of Defence. Our Director, Marie Oldfield, is an academic and industry expert in themes such as Anthropomorphism, Ethics, Behaviour analysis and Philosophy and so has been personally asked to support the integration […]