Just a few days ago, a piece of news came out that really did not leave a company like Google in a very good place., we talked specifically about how many of its employees were protesting reaching the point that several left their jobs because they had learned that the North American company was working together with the Pentagon in the development of an artificial intelligence destined to a military.
Specifically we speak of the known as Project Maven, same that has caught a huge impact in recent days that has not done anything good to the prestige of the company. Due to this, it is not surprising that the main leaders of both this department and the company have decided, in the first place Failure to renew the contract that binds them to the United States Department of Defense while, to reassure the entire community and especially its workers, they have published a series of ethical standards that will be followed from now on in all developments related to this field.
Google will continue to search for both military and government contracts
Now, as a good private company, which survives on many occasions from the juicy contracts that are signed with public entities, Google makes it very clear, despite the publication of these ethical principles for the development of systems based on artificial intelligence, what will continue to seek both military and government contracts Since they are sectors that, today, invest billions of dollars in cloud services and, neither Google nor any other similar company, wants to stay out of this business.
These words literally follow from the report that has been published in the google website where, we can literally read something like:
We want to make it clear that while we are not developing AI for use in weapons, we will continue to work with governments and the military in many other areas. These include cybersecurity, training, military recruitment, veterans health care, as well as search and rescue.
These are the 7 ethical standards that Google has self-imposed for the development of artificial intelligence systems
These are the seven ethical standards that Google assures that it will comply When developing a new artificial intelligence platform:
1. Be socially beneficial
As the scope of new technologies increasingly affects society, advances in artificial intelligence will be sought to be transformative in a wide range of fields including the medical, security, energy, transportation, manufacturing and entertainment sectors. . When developing artificial intelligence, we will take into account a wide range of social and economic factors in developing our platform when we believe that the overall probable benefits substantially outweigh the foreseeable risks and disadvantages.
2. Avoid creating or reinforcing an unfair bias
We will try to avoid unfair impacts that an artificial intelligence system can cause on people, particularly those related to sensitive characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, income, sexual orientation, ability and political or religious beliefs.
3. Built and tested for safety
We will design our artificial intelligence systems to be prudent enough and try to develop them in accordance with best practices in artificial intelligence security research. In appropriate cases, we will test artificial intelligence technologies in restricted environments and monitor their performance after deployment.
4. Be accountable to people
We will design artificial intelligence systems that provide appropriate opportunities for comments, relevant explanations, and engaging. Our artificial intelligence technologies will be subject to appropriate human direction and control.
5. Incorporate privacy design principles
We will provide the opportunity to receive notice and consent, encourage privacy safe architectures, and provide appropriate transparency and control over the use of data.
6. Maintain high standards of scientific excellence
Artificial intelligence tools have the potential to unlock new realms of scientific inquiry and knowledge in critical domains such as biology, chemistry, medicine, and environmental science. We aspire to high standards of scientific excellence as we work to advance the development of artificial intelligence.
We will work with a variety of stakeholders to promote thoughtful leadership in this area, drawing on scientifically rigorous and multidisciplinary approaches. And we will responsibly share AI knowledge by publishing educational materials, best practices, and research that enable more people to develop useful AI applications.
7. Be available for uses that are in accordance with these principles
We will work to limit potentially harmful or abusive applications. As we develop and deploy artificial intelligence technologies, we will evaluate the likely uses in light of the following factors:
- Primary purpose and use - the primary purpose and likely use of a technology and an application, including the close or adaptable relationship to a harmful use of the solution
- Nature and uniqueness: if we are making available technology that is unique or more generally available
- Scale : whether the use of this technology will have a significant impact
- Nature of Google's involvement - Whether we provide general-purpose tools, integrate customer tools or develop custom solutions
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