December 13, 2018

Ethics by design: Taking responsibility in the age of machines

Autonomous systems are advancing by the day. Physical robots (such as driverless cars) and pure software (such as diagnostic systems, predictive systems and personal assistants) now leverage advanced algorithms, machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI). As they gain capabilities, we trust them to make more decisions on our behalf, increasingly without any human intervention. But machines aren’t humans. They lack something fundamental to our makeup – a conscience. As human beings, we take our conscience influences our decision-making. We work to ensure our decisions respect…