Against ethical AI guidelines and self interest

Donald McMillan; Barry Brown

doi:10.1145/3363384.3363393

Against ethical AI guidelines and self interest

Donald McMillan, Barry Brown

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Abstract

In this paper we use the EU guidelines on ethical AI, and the responses to it, as a starting point to discuss the problems with our community’s focus on such manifestos, principles, and sets of guidelines. We cover how industry and academia are at times complicit in ‘Ethics Washing’, how developing guidelines carries the risk of diluting our rights in practice, and downplaying the role of our own self interest. We conclude by discussing briefly the role of technical practice in ethics.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	HTTF 2019 - Proceedings of the Halfway to the Future Symposium 2019
Forlag	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Publikationsdato	19 nov. 2019
Artikelnummer	3363393
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9781450372039
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1145/3363384.3363393
Status	Udgivet - 19 nov. 2019
Udgivet eksternt	Ja
Begivenhed	2019 Halfway to the Future Symposium: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of HCI and Design-Based Research, HTTF 2019 - Nottingham, Storbritannien Varighed: 19 nov. 2019 → 20 nov. 2019

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Konference	2019 Halfway to the Future Symposium: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of HCI and Design-Based Research, HTTF 2019
Land/Område	Storbritannien
By	Nottingham
Periode	19/11/2019 → 20/11/2019

Navn	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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McMillan, D & Brown, B 2019, Against ethical AI guidelines and self interest. i HTTF 2019 - Proceedings of the Halfway to the Future Symposium 2019., 3363393, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2019 Halfway to the Future Symposium: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of HCI and Design-Based Research, HTTF 2019, Nottingham, Storbritannien, 19/11/2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3363384.3363393

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