About this Project

 

I have joined the AI Incubator as an AI Ethics Expert to help startups leverage AI safely. 

 

My work to support startups includes:


➤ Social impact
 

• Identifying the social and environmental impacts of their AI, negative and positive.

• My approach: Start by identifying *who* the startup impacts, and then identify which of their rights are impacted.

• A guidebook coming soon!

➤ Revenue impact
 

• Identifying how AI responsibility (or lack thereof) impacts the company’s revenue

• My approach: Look for sources of economic returns, intangible returns, and returns from the development of skills and knowledge.

•  Based on this paper. A short explainer coming soon!

➤ Responsible AI Governance Maturity 
 

• Measuring the company’s current level of AI responsibility

• My approach: I have developed an AI responsibility maturity model based on the NIST AI RMF, probably the most well-respected guidance on AI governance. I will use it to help the startups map where they are and come up with a plan.

• Paper reviewing the maturity model coming soon!

➤ Action plan
 

• Build responsible AI practices into the company’s business model, including writing policies, designing processes, and setting up accountability structures.

• My approach: If AI responsibility is a nice-to-have side-project, it’s doomed to fail. The trick is to incorporate AI ethics practices into the company’s business priorities and existing accountability structures.

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