On 18 December 2018, the European Commission published draft ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI. The guidelines are voluntary and constitute a working document to be updated over time. The guidelines have been opened up to a stakeholder consultation process.
The guidelines recognise that there are benefits to be gained from AI, but that humankind can only reap the benefits if we can trust the technology (in other words, that the technology contains trustworthy AI). An overarching principle in the guidelines is that AI should be human-centric, with the aim of increasing human well-being.
Trustworthy AI is defined as having two components:
- respect for fundamental rights, ethical principles and societal values – an “ethical purpose”, and
- be technically robust and reliable.
The guidelines set out a framework for implementing and operating trustworthy AI, aimed at stakeholders who develop, deploy or use AI.Continue Reading Draft ethics guidelines for trustworthy artificial intelligence published by the European Commission