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Ethics of AI: Challenges and Governance
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Ethics of AI: Challenges and Governance

Understanding AI's Role in Society

The Ubiquity of AI in Daily Life

  • The speaker poses questions about the use of navigation apps, social media scrolling, and streaming service recommendations to highlight the pervasive presence of AI in everyday activities.

Trusting AI Technologies

  • There is skepticism regarding whether consumers can truly trust the outputs from various applications, suggesting that simply providing information isn't enough for responsible usage.

Power Imbalance and Responsibility

  • The speaker argues that merely informing consumers about technologies does not address the inherent power imbalances; structural changes are necessary to ensure equitable technology design.

Ethical Frameworks for Technology

  • Emphasizes that it’s not just about blaming technology but developing frameworks that embed ethical principles to guide its application towards societal benefits.

Governance and Corporate Ethics

  • Responsible governance of AI requires collaboration with big tech companies, stressing that ethics should be a dynamic system fostering innovation rather than abstract principles.

The Evolution of AI Regulation

Global Movements Towards Ethical Standards

  • Over recent years, numerous charters and declarations on AI ethics have emerged globally, indicating a shift towards practical applications of these principles.

National Strategies and Regulations

  • Countries in Latin America are creating national strategies for AI; some are even implementing hard laws based on ethical principles to regulate technology effectively.

Legislative Developments in Major Regions

  • In the EU and US, discussions around regulating technology companies' monopoly powers indicate a global trend moving from awareness to actionable regulation.

Inclusion and Accessibility Challenges

Exclusion from Governance Discussions

  • Lack of access to technologies excludes certain groups from important conversations about responsible governance, leading to their decisions being overlooked or ignored.

Historical Context of Exclusion

  • Previously colonized countries face additional barriers in participating in discussions surrounding responsible governance, exacerbating existing inequalities within technological discourse.

The Importance of Comprehensive Regulatory Frameworks

Human Rights Considerations

  • Effective regulatory frameworks must prioritize privacy protection, transparency enhancement, and accountability delivery while ensuring all voices are heard during development processes.

Risks of Fragmented Approaches

Channel: UNESCO
Video description

How do we harness the potential of AI while ensuring that they do not exacerbate existing inequalities and biases, or even create new ones? Some ethical principles seem to be universally agreed such as privacy, equality, inclusion. However, how can we translate such principles into actual practices? The fifth of the series of the videos on the ethics of AI, entitled “Challenges and Governance”, that provides an overview of current trends in regulating AI in different regions and discusses the key ethical issues to establishing fair and inclusive regulatory systems at the global level, is now available with English, French, Japanese and other languages subtitles.