Pentagon outlines AI ethics principles
By Lauren C. Williams
Feb 26, 2020
As the military increasingly looks to artificial intelligence to improve efficiency both on the battlefield and in back-office systems, Defense Department officials announced principles it would use to ensure the ethical use of AI.
The five principles are based on recommendations from the Defense Innovation Board and come a year after DOD released its AI strategy. Announced Feb. 24, the guidelines call for AI use that is:
DOD personnel will exercise appropriate levels of judgment and care, while remaining responsible for the development, deployment, and use of AI capabilities.
The Department will take deliberate steps to minimize unintended bias in AI capabilities.
The Department’s AI capabilities will be developed and deployed such that relevant personnel possess an appropriate understanding of the technology, development processes, and operational methods applicable to AI capabilities, including with transparent and auditable methodologies, data sources, and design procedure and documentation.
The Department’s AI capabilities will have explicit, well-defined uses, and the safety, security, and effectiveness of such capabilities will be subject to testing and assurance within those defined uses across their entire life-cycles.
The Department will design and engineer AI capabilities to fulfill their intended functions while possessing the ability to detect and avoid unintended consequences, and the ability to disengage or deactivate deployed systems that demonstrate unintended behavior.
The principles will likely be woven into a little ..
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