The issue of governance is not new by any stretch. When I was teaching knowledge based(or expert) systems development in the late ‘80’s, and early ‘90’s, AI was in its infancy. We called it AI in general but more specifically by whatever problem we were solving, or mitigating, through the use of KBS’ and early neural networks. I.e. Contract Development Expert System. AI was just a field of computer science with KBS’ and Neural Networks being named for the purpose under that same umbrella. We taught ethical software development as part of our core and advanced courses. Integrating, in the design, from beginning to end, an ethical set of rules was part and parcel of our courseware. In fact, if there were no boundaries written in the student failed. So it’s not a new issue. It must be engrained from the beginning of development through implementation. I don’t know how all of these current systems ended up be generic AI when they were developed to solve a particular problem. I guess it’s because the Wild West prevails and the bandits have overtaken the towns. Just my 10cents worth.
The issue of governance is not new by any stretch. When I was teaching knowledge based(or expert) systems development in the late ‘80’s, and early ‘90’s, AI was in its infancy. We called it AI in general but more specifically by whatever problem we were solving, or mitigating, through the use of KBS’ and early neural networks. I.e. Contract Development Expert System. AI was just a field of computer science with KBS’ and Neural Networks being named for the purpose under that same umbrella. We taught ethical software development as part of our core and advanced courses. Integrating, in the design, from beginning to end, an ethical set of rules was part and parcel of our courseware. In fact, if there were no boundaries written in the student failed. So it’s not a new issue. It must be engrained from the beginning of development through implementation. I don’t know how all of these current systems ended up be generic AI when they were developed to solve a particular problem. I guess it’s because the Wild West prevails and the bandits have overtaken the towns. Just my 10cents worth.