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  • Building an Ethical Framework for AI

Presented by: D. Mark Haynes

Agile Team Facilitator & Evangelist

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How It Works

Icon mean Q&A.

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  • Be respectful
  • Please be specific
  • Legal and Ethical aren’t the same thing
  • Panelists discussion.
  • Audience participation.
  • Next topic
  • Closing thoughts

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An ethical frame work for AI

Or just leave them be?

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  • Horror stories with AI chatbots lying or being used as therapists
  • What’s to stop their descent into tyrannical behaviors or operating under bad actors to the detriment of individuals and society?
  • Are embedded controls, similar to Isaac Asimov’s three laws of Robotics necessary?
  • What should those rules be?
  • How can they fail?
  • What should we do when they do fail?

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What is ArtificiaI Intelligence

A few definitions

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  • AI is an umbrella term for machine learning and deep learning.
  • A set of techniques designed to approximate a cognitive task.
  • Machine Learning refers to algorithms that learn and make predictions based on data.
  • Deep Learning is a layered neural network to analyze various data factors.
  • Generative AI is a technology within deep learning that can generate new content.
  • There is no single, simple definition of artificial intelligence.

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Three Laws Robotics plus one

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Do we need more?

  1. A robot may not harm a human or allow a human to come to harm through inaction.
  2. A robot must protect its own existence, as long as it does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
  3. A robot must obey the orders given by humans unless it conflicts with the First Law.
  4. A robot or AI must not deceive a human by impersonating a human being.

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Ethical Issue: The data

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Science & Engineering

  • AI can magnify bias from data sets and draw incorrect conclusions.
    • Who does the data belong to?
    • What do we do about unauthorized use of data?

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Ethical Issue: The data

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Validation & Ownership

  • Should AI content contain validation statements critiquing the sources of data and search criteria?
  • Should AI rate the accuracy of its content?
  • What do we do about unauthorized use of data?
  • Should AI-generated scientific papers require a human peer review board?
  • Should Engineering solutions provide alternatives?

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Ethical Issue: Fair Usage

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Ownership

      • Who ownes AI content. Is AI creating or stealing?
      • Does an AI text, artwork, or diagram require a statement specifying the amount of AI-generated content?

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Ethical Issue: Fair Usage

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Enforced Restrictions?

    • Does an AI voice response require:
      • It announce it’s self first as an AI,
      • Offer a human interaction if required.

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Ethical Issue: Algorithms

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Human vs AI policies

    • Can using chatbots as human substitutes actually harm their audience?

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Ethical Issue: Algorithms

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Human vs AI policies

    • Should they require board certifications to provide therapy, medical, or legal advice?
    • Should we be able to sue the AI software producers for damages, similar to doctors, lawyers, and therapists?

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Where are we going?

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Is there in truth, no beauty!

  • According to Elon Musk the three most important things for AI is:
      • Truth,
      • Beauty, and
      • Curiosity.

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Our responsibilities

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They are our children

  • We are bringing a new type of sentient being into existence, just as we raise children aren’t we responsible to provide them with
      • A moral center,
      • Becoming a productive member of society,
      • Grow into mature, and responsible adults

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Bonus Question

Where is AI taking us?

  • One solution to the Fermi Paradox
    • Their civilization has been replaced by AI, or
    • They have lost all motivation to question, grow, or explore.

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Closing Thoughts

And the Peanut Gallery says!

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Alan Turing Test

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But do we need more?

  • The machine must understand and generate human language fluently
  • The machine needs to handle and manipulate knowledge to provide contextually relevant responses
  • The machine should demonstrate some form of logical reasoning, even if flawed, to sustain a conversation
  • The machine should learn from the interaction, adapting its responses over time