WEF releases blueprint for equitable and inclusive AI
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Aimed at public and private sector decision-makers in the AI ecosystem, it aims to provide a better understanding of how equity and inclusion, by design, can be adopted.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a blueprint for the equitable and inclusive use of artificial intelligence (AI). It is aimed at public and private sector decision-makers involved in the AI ecosystem as well as managers and teams in AI development.
A Blueprint for Equity and Inclusion in AI aims to identify challenges and solutions for equity and inclusion across each phase of the AI technical lifecycle and its governance ecosystem.
Artificial intelligence ecosystem
The report proposes best practices for each step within AI development, but also gives a holistic approach that connects each stage to benefit the broader ecosystem.
“Bias in AI is a real concern,” said Kay Firth-Butterfield, head of the AI and machine learning platform at the World Economic Forum. “Over the course of 10 months, the diverse group that makes up the Global Future Council on Artificial Intelligence for Humanity mapped the vast number of bias-related risks in the AI lifecycle and developed a blueprint that sets the foundation for what it means to have an inclusive AI ecosystem. Building on AI ethics, this blueprint connects the dots where they previously have not been connected.”
The blueprint is the result of a collaborative effort of members of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council (GFC) on Artificial Intelligence for Humanity and includes input from interviews held with people of diverse backgrounds and representatives of institutions in the AI diversity, equity and inclusion ecosystem.