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Machine-Made Goods:

Charities, Philanthropy and Artificial Intelligence

Giving Thought discussion paper no. 9

June 2018

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Registered Charity number 268369

Contents

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1) Introduction

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https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/caf-campaigns/campaigning-for-a-giving-world/future-good

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Why Is AI Such a Big Deal Right Now?

https://home.manhattan.edu/~tina.tian/CMPT420/Turing.pdf

https://rockfound.rockarch.org/biographical/-/asset_publisher/6ygcKECNI1nb/content/warren-weaver

https://rockfound.rockarch.org/biographical/-/asset_publisher/6ygcKECNI1nb/content/warren-weaver

https://rockfound.rockarch.org/computer-science

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https://www.pwc.com/us/en/advisory-services/publications/artificial-intelligence-predictions/ai-arms-race.html

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2) New Ways of Achieving a Mission

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/How-Chatbots-Are-Helping/242871

https://www-03.ibm.com/press/uk/en/pressrelease/51828.wss

https://www-03.ibm.com/press/uk/en/pressrelease/51828.wss

https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/wateraid-chatbot-connects-supporters-communities/digital/article/1456079

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https://www.abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/alexa-bots-and-how-future-without-websites-could-help-disabled-people

https://futurism.com/ai-translator-microsoft/

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https://futurism.com/skype-can-now-translate-your-voice-calls-into-10-different-languages-in-real-time/

https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/news-and-blogs/our-blog/microsoft-translator-an-innovate-way-to-support-refugees

https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/news-and-blogs/our-blog/microsoft-translator-an-innovate-way-to-support-refugees

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https://royalsociety.org/~/media/policy/projects/machine-learning/publications/machine-learning-report.pdf

https://royalsociety.org/~/media/policy/projects/machine-learning/publications/machine-learning-report.pdf

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https://deepmind.com/applied/deepmind-health/working-partners/health-research-tomorrow/moorfields-eye-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust/

https://deepmind.com/applied/deepmind-health/working-partners/health-research-tomorrow/moorfields-eye-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust/

http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/imperial-medicine/2018/01/17/how-machine-learning-will-transform-the-way-we-look-at-medical-images/

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/how-we-deliver-research/grand-challenge-award/artificial-intelligence#details60

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/how-we-deliver-research/grand-challenge-award/artificial-intelligence#details60

https://medium.com/parkinsons-uk/could-artificial-intelligence-find-a-cure-for-parkinsons-7d73dd4a87ab

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https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/lifearc-milner-therapeutics-institute-announce-new-partnership-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-target-discovery/

https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/lifearc-milner-therapeutics-institute-announce-new-partnership-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-target-discovery/

https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/21/drones-ai-help-stop-poaching-africa/

https://aeon.co/essays/tech-broke-our-relationship-with-wilderness-can-it-mend-it-too

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https://www.semanticscholar.org/

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/24/mark-zuckerbergs-philanthropy-organization-is-acquiring-an-ai-startup-called-meta.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/24/mark-zuckerbergs-philanthropy-organization-is-acquiring-an-ai-startup-called-meta.html

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http://report.skillsplatform.org/charitydigitalreportdetail-2018/

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/5/16737224/global-ai-talent-shortfall-tencent-report

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40483202

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3) Impact on Organisations & Funding

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https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/philanthropy-and-innovation-how-could-open-data-and-artificial-intelligence-help-funders-do-better

https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/philanthropy-and-innovation-how-could-open-data-and-artificial-intelligence-help-funders-do-better

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/22/self-driving-car-uber-death-woman-failure-fatal-crash-arizona

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hmrc-deploys-robots-to-check-tax-returns-rl78q7h05

https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/block-amp-tackle---using-blockchain-technology-to-create-and-regulate-csos.pdf

https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/block-amp-tackle---using-blockchain-technology-to-create-and-regulate-csos.pdf

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https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/de/Documents/financial-services/Deloitte-Robo-safe.pdf

https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/30/facebook-introduces-personal-fundraising-tools-donate-buttons-in-facebook-live/

https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/27/salesforce-org-and-united-way-announce-philanthropic-cloud-to-match-corporations-with-non-profits/

https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/27/salesforce-org-and-united-way-announce-philanthropic-cloud-to-match-corporations-with-non-profits/

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https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/blog-home/giving-thought/the-future-of-doing-good/automatic-for-the-people-what-might-a-philanthropy-algorithm-look-like


https://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n18/amia-srinivasan/stop-the-robot-apocalypse

https://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n18/amia-srinivasan/stop-the-robot-apocalypse

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http://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/04/02/alexa-users-can-now-donate-more-40-charities-using-their-voice?utm_content=amazon%252Cbrands&utm_campaign=social&utm_source=twitter

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/04/02/alexa-users-can-now-donate-more-40-charities-using-their-voice?utm_content=amazon%252Cbrands&utm_campaign=social&utm_source=twitter

https://www.commbank.com.au/content/dam/caas/newsroom/docs/Commbank-Whitepaper-Machine-to-Machine-economy.pdf

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http://www.pennies.org.uk/

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/jun/13/charity-donations-banks-atm

https://www.cafonline.org/images/default-source/infographics/blockchain-philanthropy-washing-machine-infographic.png

https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/blockchain-washing-machine-instruction-manual-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=6

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https://aiindex.org/2017-report.pdf

https://qz.com/639952/googles-ai-won-the-game-go-by-defying-millennia-of-basic-human-instinct/

http://aiweirdness.com/post/172894792687/when-algorithms-surprise-us

http://aiweirdness.com/post/172894792687/when-algorithms-surprise-us

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.03453.pdf

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https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/2/28/17062338/ai-agent-atari-q-bert-cracked-bug-cheat

https://intelligence.org/stanford-talk/


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4) New Challenges for Civil Society to

Address

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https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1802/1802.07228.pdf

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https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/blog-home/giving-thought/the-role-of-giving/truth-decay

https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/blog-home/giving-thought/the-role-of-giving/truth-decay

http://www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/philanthropy-fund-media-sake/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/realitys-end/556877/

http://uk.businessinsider.com/obama-deepfake-video-insulting-trump-2018-4

http://uk.businessinsider.com/obama-deepfake-video-insulting-trump-2018-4

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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ev5eba/ai-fake-porn-of-friends-deepfakes

https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing

https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing

https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/blog-home/giving-thought/the-future-of-doing-good/algorithm-is-gonna-get-you-what-the-rise-of-algorithms-means-for-philanthropy

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https://www.fatml.org/

https://medium.com/bbc-news-labs/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-fair-ai-8c72204f0798

https://qz.com/865357/we-dont-understand-how-ai-make-most-decisions-so-now-algorithms-are-explaining-themselves/

https://qz.com/865357/we-dont-understand-how-ai-make-most-decisions-so-now-algorithms-are-explaining-themselves/



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https://www.zdnet.com/article/ces-2017-voice-is-the-next-computer-interface/

https://givingthought.org/2016/07/06/is-technology-making-us-care-less-about-each-other/

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https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/future-of-employment.pdf

https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/future-of-employment.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/24/millions-uk-workers-risk-replaced-robots-study-warns

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/24/millions-uk-workers-risk-replaced-robots-study-warns

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610005/every-study-we-could-find-on-what-automation-will-do-to-jobs-in-one-chart/

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610005/every-study-we-could-find-on-what-automation-will-do-to-jobs-in-one-chart/

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/19/post-work-the-radical-idea-of-a-world-without-jobs

https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/reports/rsa_basic_income_20151216.pdf

https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/reports/rsa_basic_income_20151216.pdf

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https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/blog-home/giving-thought/the-future-of-doing-good/giving-in-a-world-without-work

https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/blog-home/giving-thought/the-future-of-doing-good/giving-in-a-world-without-work

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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/01/developing-countries-need-to-act-on-the-risks-posed-by-new-technologies

https://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/future-of-organizations-and-work/how-will-automation-affect-economies-around-the-world

http://www.centreforcities.org/press/rise-robots-compound-britains-northsouth-divide-1-4-jobs-risk-cities-outside-south/

http://www.centreforcities.org/press/rise-robots-compound-britains-northsouth-divide-1-4-jobs-risk-cities-outside-south/

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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/why-do-so-many-digital-assistants-have-feminine-names/475884/

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608430/growing-up-with-alexa/

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/04/alexa-manners-smart-speakers-command/558653/?utm_source=atltw

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/04/alexa-manners-smart-speakers-command/558653/?utm_source=atltw

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https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/shelly-robotic-tortoise-helps-kids-learn-that-robot-abuse-is-a-bad-thing

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/shelly-robotic-tortoise-helps-kids-learn-that-robot-abuse-is-a-bad-thing



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5) Conclusion & Recommendations

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