This cartoon about artificial intelligence is based on something I often hear — that it is impossible to understand how certain decisions are made by certain algorithms. I wonder whether this problem is due to the fact that not enough effort is being devoted to addressing ethical issues such as the transparency of the decisionmaking process. It’s easy to say in the abstract that ethics is important. But to truly matter, ethics must be a part of the primary design process, not a secondary consideration. The amount of innovation going into new technology is staggering. Although time and effort are being spent on ethics, far less innovation is going into developing the ethical part of technological design.
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This post was authored by Professor Daniel J. Solove, who through TeachPrivacy develops computer-based privacy and data security training. He also posts at his blog at LinkedIn, which has more than 1 million followers.
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