Professor Valerie Frissen was invited to give the introductory speech at Fraiday around "Responsible A.I.". She also announced that the SIDN Fund would give out grants to students and startups who have an idea / plan around this topic.

1. It is up to us.
Responsible AI
Valerie Frissen
Erasmus University/SIDN fonds

2. Utopia vs dystopia

4. We need a balanced approach
Maximize the potentialfor good /minimize potentialrisks
Balance human and technologicalagency
Balance human values and techno-economicinnovation
Trusted technology is the best basis for innovation!
‘Responsible AI’
In Dutch:
Verantwoorde en verantwoordelijke AI

5. This is not ethics

6. Insights from philosophy of technology
Man and machine are not opposed to each other: technology mediates our relationship
with the world (Verbeek)
We are ’artificial by nature’ (Plessner)
Ethics is not about defining and protecting boundaries, but about the potential we have to
shape our continuously changing relationship with technology.
How to define and shape our co-existence with technology? (a ’good life’ with technology)
Concerns about AI are basically about (human/technological) agency/autonomy
AI is learning and acting on its own, human is ’out of the loop’(Floridi)
Machine learning/decision making is a black box (and thus concern is legitimate!)
Explainabilityis a key issue
Shared responsibility of man and machine:
- How can we take and keep responsibility for the development of AI?
- How can AI take responsibility for us?

7. Ethics is about taking care of each other
A state of mind
A shared understanding of responsibility for AI
translated into shared values, priorities, codes of conduct, design principles and technology itself

8. To do
Ethics by design
e.g. explainability, accountability, transparancy, trust by design,
’reflection by design’,..
Ethics in and for design
e.g. governance issues, ethical and legal frameworks, codes of
conduct (FAIR principles, data stewardship) value based design
principles and methods, ..
AI for good
AI that benefits society, AI that minimizes societal risks, ..

9. It is up to you..
And how can we help?