Use of AI Movement to establish ethical guidelines in companies Oct. 21 5:02
It is pointed out that unexpected side effects may occur, such as unjustified discrimination of AI, which is rapidly expanding its use. For this reason, companies have begun to establish ethical guidelines for utilizing AI.
In March, Fujitsu established an ethical guideline for developing AI and utilizing it in business. Last month, the “AI Ethics External Committee” comprised of six experts from various fields such as law and medicine. Was established.
The ethical guidelines include five items, including protecting people's privacy and preventing them from being discriminated or harmed by AI, and making decisions by examining the results derived by AI. The meeting is to check whether these are protected.
While AI is rapidly expanding in a wide range of social fields, it has been pointed out that if the data being analyzed is biased, unexpected side effects may occur, such as deriving results that would result in unfair discrimination.
For this reason, movements to establish such ethical guidelines have begun mainly by IT companies, and Sony and NEC have already established regulations.
Junichi Sakurai, an AI researcher and chairman of Fujitsu's external committee, said, “AI has great benefits for mankind, but because it has a large impact, it also has anxiety. What values do companies use technology for? It is necessary to send and secure security. "