From the Editor's Desk

Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

I read a good number of scientific and technical journals, and almost every issue includes at least one article on some aspect of artificial intelligence (AI). The topics are usually about a new application, such as unmanned fighter jets, but quite often these articles touch upon the potential risks of these systems.

And, a letter to the editor by Rick Clarke points out that a JSS article by Nancy Leveson in our last issue (Vol. 55, No. 2), “Improving the Standard Risk Matrix using STPA,” may not be fully connected to the background of system safety.