An Ethics Ecosystem for AI and Big Data

John Basl

Northeastern University

Friday, October 14, 2022

11 AM – 12 PM CST

https://utsa.webex.com/utsa/j.php?MTID=mbb2f3f5477b167e739ab94fd44f39f04

Realizing the promise of AI while mitigating against ethical pitfalls requires an ethics ecosystem, an ecosystem that includes robust, interdisciplinary research programs, curricula, and training programs, informed regulatory and oversight infrastructure, broad stakeholder engagement, shared conceptual and linguistic space for overcoming challenges, and AI and data ethicists that can translate across disciplinary divides. This talk motivates the need for such an ecosystem and highlights some work attempting to contribute to it.