Administrative Information
| Title | Introduction to Human-centered AI |
| Duration | 60 |
| Module | A |
| Lesson Type | Lecture |
| Focus | Ethical - Ethics Fundamentals |
| Topic | Ethics of AI |
Keywords
Technology Regulation,Social Control of Technology,Technological lock-in,Future of Labor,Machine Ethics,Moral inclusion of machines,IEEE P7000,AIA,
Learning Goals
- Learner understands the motivations of AI Ethics studies.
- Learner is aware of AI's lock-in potential.
- Learner understands the historical context of modern technology regulation.
Expected Preparation
Learning Events to be Completed Before
None.
Obligatory for Students
None.
Optional for Students
- Any sources on the history of 20th century technology
- Coeckelbergh, Mark. AI ethics. MIT Press, 2020. Chapters: 1 (Intro). Other chapters are also very good but optional (e.g., 2 - Superintelligence, 5 - Technology, 9 - Bias).
References and background for students
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The ethical issues around AI are numerous and diverse.
Moral Self-Consideration by an AI (Evil AI Cartoons) - These problems generated an especially large amount of attention from various groups, like policymakers, industry bodies, practitioners and the general public.
- The most important de-jure or proto-de-jure and soft law outcomes of this attention are the following:
- EU ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT 21.4.2021 COM(2021) 206 (to be ratified in 2022?)
- IEEE 7000-2021 Standard Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns During System Design (accepted in spring of 2021)
- UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (adopted by members in November 2021)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Artificial Intelligence (2019)
- Some of the more important supporting theoretical documents:
- IEEE Ethically Aligned Design principles (2019)
- EU White Paper on Artificial Intelligence COM(2020) 65 (2020)
- EU AI HLEG Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI (2019)
- Preparing for the future of artificial intelligence (A report to the white house) 2016
- Some derivative works with normative intent:
Recommended for Teachers
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Machine Ethics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-ai/#MachEthi
- SEP Automation and Employment: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-ai/#AutoEmpl
- SEP Artificial Moral Agents: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-ai/#ArtiMoraAgen
- Héder, M. (2021). AI and the resurrection of Technological Determinism. INFORMÁCIÓS TÁRSADALOM: TÁRSADALOMTUDOMÁNYI FOLYÓIRAT, 21(2), 119-130.
- Coeckelbergh, Mark. AI ethics. MIT Press, 2020. Chapters: 1-2 (Intro & Superintelligence), 5 (technology), 9 (Bias). Other chapters are also very good but optional.
- Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI, https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/d3988569-0434-11ea-8c1f-01aa75ed71a1
- Collingridge, D. (1982). The social control of technology. Open University Press.
- Kazim, Emre and Koshiyama, Adriano, A High-Level Overview of AI Ethics (May 24, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3609292
Lesson materials
- video lecture, part 1: Historical background for the social control of technology (7:40)
- video lecture, part 2: Issues of Ethics of AI, Future of Work (7:15)
- video lecture, part 3: Issues of Ethics of AI, Technological Lock-in (6:47)
- video lecture, part 4: Issues of Ethics of AI, Machine Ethics (4:40)
- video lecture, part 5: Issues of Ethics of AI, Moral Inclusion (3:17)
- video lecture, part 6: Forms of Norms for Ethics of AI (5:13)
Instructions for Teachers
Topics to cover
- History of social control of technology from WWII until present time (15mins)
- Why society wants to control more and more what engineers are doing
- Why is it urgent now? (10mins)
- Short history of AI and recent breakthroughs
- Current wave of legislation and ethical guidelines (10mins)
- like eg. EU AIA, IEEE P70xx, OECD, UNESCO, WEF...
- Why is this master important? (10mins)
- Systematically learning about ethics of AI
- Short overview of the master HCAIM/Module A (15mins)
- Goal: what will they know at the end, which capabilities will they practise, etc
- What topics will be discussed during the course?
Connections to other material
- Current wave of legislation will be revisited in Module C.
- Recent breakthroughs in AI: Module A material (Foundations of AI)
Acknowledgements
The Human-Centered AI Masters programme was Co-Financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union Under Grant №CEF-TC-2020-1 Digital Skills 2020-EU-IA-0068.