Markkula Center Joins International AI Partnership
Organization centered on artificial intelligence will work towards benefitting people and society
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 2, 2017鈥敽诹贤檚 Markkula Center for Applied Ethics was named as one of 21 new members of the (PAI). PAI is a non-profit organization working to advance public understanding of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) and formulate best practices on the challenges and opportunities within the field.
鈥淎rtificial intelligence presents a fast growing range of difficult ethical challenges for American and global society. The Markkula Center has demonstrated that it can address rapidly developing ethical challenges and make productive contributions to how they are handled by organizations and governments,鈥 said Kirk Hanson, director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
The objective of the Partnership on AI is to address opportunities and challenges with AI technologies to benefit people and society. Together, the organization鈥檚 members will conduct research, recommend best practices, and publish research under an open license in areas such as ethics, fairness, and inclusivity; transparency, privacy, and interoperability; collaboration between people and AI systems; and the trustworthiness, reliability, and robustness of the technology.
鈥The Partnership on AI is an organization built on the ethical ideal that AI should benefit people and society. From my experience at the recent PAI meeting in Berlin, I know that this ethical ideal really is the driving force bringing all the very diverse partners together, in the hope that AI can be used for great good, and that AI鈥檚 evil uses can be avoided,鈥 said Brian Green, assistant director of campus ethics programs at the Markkula Center. 鈥淕iven PAI's ethical mission, the Markkula Center is in exactly the right place, in the middle of great people representing great organizations, who want to deeply engage ethical questions and improve the world.鈥
The efforts of the Partnership on AI are organized around a set of thematic pillars, which currently include:
- Safety-Critical AI
- Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI
- Collaborations Between People and AI Systems
- AI, Labor, and the Economy
- Social and Societal Influences on AI
- AI and Social Good
- Special Initiatives
The partners hail from three continents and represent a broad cross-section of industry, nonprofit, and academic organizations.
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