Doug, thanks for sharing. Please keep us posted on the ACM project! On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 4:41 PM Doug Schuler < [email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not sure whether I shared this... Technology Review ran an article on > the Google Ethics Council that apparently wasn't meant to be. I've included > a link to the article and a good quote from each of the people who made a > recommendation to Google for their next (?) stab at the issue. > > The ACM is currently working on a project like this (for social > responsibility) and it will be interesting to see what they come up with! > > — Doug > > > *Hey Google, sorry you lost your ethics council, so we made one for you* > > *We asked experts for practical suggestions on why Google’s AI ethics > council bombed and what the company should do next.* > > by Bobbie Johnson and Gideon Lichfield > April 6, 2019 > > > https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613281/google-cancels-ateac-ai-ethics-council-what-next/ > > *"Be transparent and specific about the roles and responsibilities ethics > boards have"* > Rashida Richardson, director of policy research at the AI Now Institute > > *“Consider what it actually means to govern technology effectively and > justly”* > Jake Metcalf, technology ethics researcher at Data & Society > > *“First acknowledge the elephant in the room: Google's AI principles”* > Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology > > *“Change the people in charge of putting together these groups”* > Ellen Pao, founder at Project Include > > *“Empower antagonism—not these friendly in-house partnerships and > handholding efforts”* > Meg Leta Jones, assistant professor in Communication, Culture & Technology > at Georgetown University > > *“Look inward and empower employees who stand in solidarity with > vulnerable groups”* > Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Assistant Professor with The Information School at > the University of Washington > > *“A board can't just be 'some important people we know.' You need actual > ethicists"* > Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at Cal Poly > > *“The last few weeks showed that direct organizing works”* > Os Keyes, a PhD student in Data Ecologies Lab at the University of > Washington > > *“Four meetings a year are not likely to have an impact. We need agile > ethics input”* > Irina Raicu, director of the internet ethics program at Santa Clara > University > > *“The group has to have authority to say no to projects”* > Sam Gregory, program director at Witness > > *“Avoid treating ethics like a PR game or a technical problem”* > Anna Jobin, researcher at the Health Ethics and Policy Lab at the Swiss > Federal Institute of Technology > > *"Seek not only traditional expertise, but also the insights of people who > are experts on their own lived experiences"* > Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League > > *“Perhaps it's for the best that the fig leaf of 'ethical development' has > been whisked away” ("I can't imagine any recommendation of such an advisory > panel standing in the way of what the market demands")* > Adam Greenfield, author of Radical Technologies > > *"It is heartening to see the power of employee activism"* > Tess Posner, CEO of AI4ALL > > > -- > Douglas Schuler > [email protected] > Twitter: @doug_schuler > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Public Sphere Project > http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ > > Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good > * http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci > <http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci>4cg-announce* > > Creating the World Citizen Parliament > > http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament > > Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution > (project) > http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv > <http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/> > > Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution > (book) > http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11601 > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, > change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected].
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