A new report from Capgemini has revealed that 90% of organizations are aware of at least one instance where an AI system had resulted in ethical issues for their business. The report, titled “AI and the Ethical Conundrum: How organizations can build…
Individuals and investment firms are increasingly interested in more than a balance sheet when making investment decisions. “Put your money where your mouth is,” is a popular ideal, whether it’s addressing where you’re purchasing a product or what company you’re investing your…
What do you think when someone asks you about empathy? Do you struggle to find its meaning or does it come to you naturally? In the age of artificial intelligence, do our AI systems need empathy? If so, what are some use…
Public concerns about AI dangers are warranted. An external AI ethics board can help embed representation, transparency and accountability into AI development decisions. After widespread protests against racism in the U.S., tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and IBM publicly announced they would no…
Earlier this year, the independent research organisation of which I am the Director, London-based Ada Lovelace Institute, hosted a panel at the world’s largest AI conference, CogX, called The Ethics Panel to End All Ethics Panels. The title referenced both a tongue-in-cheek…
The word “trust” comes up continually in my work when we talk about values. It anchors our culture. For us and many other companies, trust has become a competitive advantage. As businesses race to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), their ability to use…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bringing new technology and changes to the world every day. Thanks to ‘AI Readiness.’ People are willing to take technological changes as they adapt to a society where intelligence and robotics do most of the job. But the…
Artificial intelligence is an extremely powerful technology that’s not going anywhere, in fact the only way for artificial intelligence is up into unimaginable territory, hopefully that territory is filled with rainbows and unicorns metaphorically speaking but the only way we can even…
Throughout history, several tech inventions had triggered debate regarding the ethics of its implementation –or even the principle behind its existence. Some of us may have been fortunate to witness the debacle caused by the successful reproductive clone of Dolly the sheep decades…
Let’s face it: When a company develops artificial intelligence (AI) that can offer us a medical diagnosis, care for our elderly grandparents or autonomously drive a vehicle, ethics aren’t the flashiest elements to focus on. It’s tempting for companies to get caught…
