The AI Dilemma: 7 Principles for Responsible Technology by Juliette Powell and Art Kleiner.
Juliette holds a BA in Sociology from Columbia University. In 2021 Juliette joined the Faculty of New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Art Kleiner holds a MA in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. He began his career at the Whole Earth Catalog and is a former managing director at PwC.
Juliette and Art outline seven principles certainly attempting to ensure AI supports humanity. They are describing how AI has turned into a double-edged sword. Like several books they address the promise of AI but also discuss pitfalls.
Their position is to show how AI can indeed become a very transformational tool. Yet, if not checked it can also be very damaging. So, managing AI is going to be very important right out the door. To some extent we have failed.
This is a good look at AI Risk Management. They are also exploring how to implement each principle with best practices, new developments, and a necessary approach with caution.
Introduction the principals
In addition, they have taken on three tasks to review: Explore this dilemma and its implications; Show how the technology is not separate from the people who make it or use it. The responsibility for its use, abuse, and oversight is shared among us all; and Help us use these tools to gain real control in our lives instead of just the illusion of control.
The 7 Principals:
- Four Logics of Power
- Be Intentional about Risk to Humans
- Open the Closed Box
- Reclaim Data Rights for People
- Confront and Question Bias
- Hold Stakeholders Accountable
- Favor Loosely Coupled Systems
- Embrace Creative Friction
Three tasks to review:
So, they are exploring three tasks for each princiapal: Explore this dilemma and its implications, Show how the technology is not separate from the people who make it or use it. The responsibility for its use, abuse, and oversight is shared among us all and finally help us use these tools to gain real control in our lives instead of just the illusion of control. All three are essential yet can often be ignored as AI hype is all about the promise of AI technologies and ChatGPT is the focus of large language models (LLMs). There are parallel lines with The Myth of Artificial Intelligence.
So, is your organization ready ?
In conclusion, The AI Dilemma is pushing the need to oversee a set of technologies and not let them run on their own. This includes the companies and start ups introducing these AI technologies.