User:Mjpayton/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Ethics of artificial intelligence

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article to evaluate because it is on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, which is a key component of my dissertation. My preliminary impression is that the article is well-written and has many contributors and sources.

Evaluate the article
The lead section clearly articulates the article’s topic in the first sentence however, it does not seem to entirely cover the major sections of the overall article, for example actors in AI ethics and role and impact of fiction. The lead section is concise and links to many other information sources that are not present in the article.

The article’s content is very relevant to the topic and is mostly up to date. Unfortunately, technology and artificial intelligence (AI) specifically changes nearly daily, therefore making it very difficult to be completely up to date. There is minimal content in the article on the position of benefits of ethics in AI, reading through the article, it seems to mostly focus on the issues, potential controls, and governance of AI.

The tone and balance seem to lean towards no good outcomes related to ethical AI, so I do not think I would agree that it is neutral. The evidence and presentation of ethical use of AI is very underrepresented in the article. The article does not necessarily seem to try to persuade towards a certain view, more like there are a lot of potentially negative things to consider related to the ethics of AI.

There are over 130 sources cited for this article and many of them are recent and relevant. I was able to access all the links from the article that I attempted. The researcher’s list is long and diverse, there are many people of color, gender, and nationality represented. As mentioned earlier, this is a rapidly changing topic but there have been consistent updates in the history over the last few years. There are several facts presented in the article that have two or more references for each of them.

The article writing is clear and professional with no noticeable grammatical or spelling errors. However, it is not super concise as this is a complex topic. The article has been part of support course assignments over the past five years so received a good bit of attention recently. The article is also organized into logical sections with a good amount of content in each.

Overall, the article does not have an associated WikiProject article grade, but I think it is well-developed. The article provides a well-rounded view of the ethical challenges, actors, and ethics of AI historical role in society. There could potentially be more information on what good looks like from the overall ethics of artificial intelligence perspective.