7 papers
Embodied AI: Emerging Risks and Opportunities for Policy Action
Jared Perlo, Alexander Robey, Fazl Barez +2
The field of embodied AI (EAI) is rapidly advancing. Unlike virtual AI, EAI systems can exist in, learn from, reason about, and act in the physical world. With recent advances in A…
Auditing of AI: Legal, Ethical and Technical Approaches
Jakob Mokander
AI auditing is a rapidly growing field of research and practice. This review article, which doubles as an editorial to Digital Societys topical collection on Auditing of AI, provid…
The US Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 vs. The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: What can they learn from each other?
Jakob Mokander, Prathm Juneja, David Watson +1
On the whole, the U.S. Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 (US AAA) is a pragmatic approach to balancing the benefits and risks of automated decision systems. Yet there is still…
AI and Social Theory
Jakob Mokander, Ralph Schroeder
In this paper, we sketch a programme for AI driven social theory. We begin by defining what we mean by artificial intelligence (AI) in this context. We then lay out our model for h…
Operationalising AI governance through ethics-based auditing: An industry case study
Jakob Mokander, Luciano Floridi
Ethics based auditing (EBA) is a structured process whereby an entitys past or present behaviour is assessed for consistency with moral principles or norms. Recently, EBA has attra…
The Switch, the Ladder, and the Matrix: Models for Classifying AI Systems
Jakob Mokander, Margi Sheth, David Watson +1
Organisations that design and deploy artificial intelligence (AI) systems increasingly commit themselves to high-level, ethical principles. However, there still exists a gap betwee…