In May of 2023 I was asked to testify before Congress. This was just a few months after the ChatGPT moment. Generative AI was new to the public. Lawmakers and regulators were scrambling to understand the implications. I didn’t anticipate the attention this hearing would attract. I’d just spent three years building accountability for AI at IBM, …trying to make sure that what’s invented, used and sold was trustworthy. In a way, I took it for granted. But as I listened to the questions and other testimony that day, …and heard calls for strict regulation to govern the behavior of AI companies, it clicked. Not everyone is ready for this. There would be a national debate, a global debate, …and AI ethics was about to become the most important conversation of our time. Welcome to AI Academy. My name is Christina Montgomery. I’m the Chief Privacy and Trust Officer at IBM and Co-Chair of IBM’s AI Ethics Board. There’s a rich philosophical history around ethics, but I’m going to boil it down to this; …ethics are a set of moral principles that guide decision-making. We all have instincts about what is right and wrong, …but a consistent set of principles can help us work through complex decisions or novel scenarios. It seems like every day we hear something new that AI can do. So every day we have to revisit the question of what AI should do and when and where and how we should use it. AI ethics are the principles that guide the responsible development, deployment and use of AI, …to optimize its beneficial impact while reducing risks and adverse outcomes. Like most technology, AI is a lever, …a force multiplier allowing each individual to do a lot more than they could without a system, which is great. But the flipside is that AI is also a consequence multiplier, a risk multiplier. So as you scale AI in your business for greater reach and impact, you need to be thinking about AI ethics at an institutional level, …so that everyone can operate from a shared into a well-structured, engaging, and informative article.
The last thing we need is for governments to regulate AI. Less Government is Best Government.
"AI regulations" thanks Christina for being among those trying to ruin the fun
You just ignore the regulations. No one cares.