``Another Nobel Prize'' Right Livelihood Award, awarded to Mr. Gebru and others for AI ethics research

[London Current Affairs] The winners of this year's Right Livelihood Award, which is called the ``another Nobel Prize'' and is given to people and organizations that have made contributions in the fields of peace and human rights, were announced on the 30th, and Timnit Gebr, who is pursuing unique artificial intelligence (AI) research that sets him apart from giant corporations, was selected. The award to Gebru, a leading expert in AI ethics research, is a reminder of the current state and future of AI development, where many risks have been pointed out.

Gebru, who was born in Ethiopia, fled to the United States as a teenager to escape fighting in neighboring Eritrea. After studying at Stanford University, he joined Google, where he led the AI ​​ethics team. In 2021, we will move away from AI research centered on major tech companies, which tends to be biased toward whites, Westerners, and men, and establish an independent organization for more inclusive research. We are gathering human resources from across countries and races to conduct research based on a "distributed model."