Ethical Machines: Your Concise Guide to Totally Unbiased, Transparent, and Respectful AI

When AI misbehaves, it is essential to take action to mitigate the risk. Ethical Machines by Reid Blackman provides practical approaches to build, procure, and deploy AI in a way that is ethical and safe, and tackles the big three ethical risks with AI—bias, explainability, and privacy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 12 July 2022
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to automate decision-making at a vast scale brings with it the risk of automating risk as well. Companies have already experienced significant harm due to their algorithms resulting in discriminatory, privacy-invading, and even deadly outcomes. Self-driving cars have hit pedestrians, HR algorithms have excluded women from job searches, and mortgage systems have denied loans to qualified minorities. Often, the companies deploying the AI cannot explain the decision made by the black box.

In such a complex and often misunderstood landscape, AI ethics has become a business necessity rather than just an academic curiosity. In Ethical Machines, Reid Blackman provides a comprehensive guide to understanding AI ethics as a risk management challenge. He aims to help organizations build, procure, and deploy AI in an ethical and safe manner, considering the organization's reputation, regulatory compliance, and legal standing. The book's primary focus is on getting work done rather than delving into deep and existential questions about ethics and technology.

Blackman's clear and accessible writing style makes a complex and often misunderstood concept like ethics easy to grasp. He addresses the big three ethical risks associated with AI: bias, explainability, and privacy, and offers practical approaches to mitigate them. From developing a strong statement of AI ethics principles to creating teams that effectively evaluate ethical risks, Ethical Machines is the one guide you need to ensure your AI advances your company's objectives rather than undermining them.

By adopting the principles and strategies outlined in Ethical Machines, organizations can harness the power of AI while minimizing the associated risks. It is essential to approach AI ethics with a proactive and responsible mindset, as the consequences of unethical AI deployment can be severe. With Ethical Machines as your guide, you can navigate the ethical landscape of AI and build a future where technology works for the benefit of all.

Weight: 428g
Dimension: 163 x 242 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647822811