Margaret Mitchell, researcher and chief ethics scientist at artificial intelligence developer and collaborative platform Hugging Face, is a pioneer in responsible and ethical AI.
One of the most influential narratives around the promise of AI is that, one day, we will be able to build artificial general intelligence (AGI) systems that are at least as capable or intelligent as people. But the concept is ambiguous at best and poses many risks, argues Mitchell. She founded and co-led Google’s responsible AI team, before being ousted in 2021.
In this conversation with the Financial Times’ AI correspondent Melissa Heikkilä, she explains why the focus on humans and how to help them should be central to the development of AI, rather than focusing on the technology.