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AI Ethics

AI Is More Powerful Than Ever. How Do We Hold It Accountable?

Finale Doshi-Velez and Mason Kortz, Harvard UniversityMarch 27, 2018November 8, 2019
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  • Government
  • Science
  • Technology
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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Criminal Justice
  • Ethics of Technology
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics
  • Self-driving Cars

The beauty of artificial intelligence is that it can think on its own. But how do we make sure it does what’s right? From self-driving cars to criminal sentencing algorithms, we must ensure AI can explain and be accountable for its decisions, just as we would expect of a human driver, judge, or other decision-maker. What are the technological and legal limits of what we can, and should, expect from AI as it plays an increasing role in our lives?

Read the full article online at The Washington Post…

This article was produced by Footnote in partnership with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. It highlights work from their Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence initiative and was published in The Washington Post. 

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Finale Doshi-Velez

Finale Doshi-Velez

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Harvard University

Finale Doshi-Velez is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University. Her research in machine learning, computational statistics, and data science develops methods for turning data into actionable knowledge. She is a member of the Working Group on Explanation and the Law in the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence initiative at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Finale received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from MIT.

Mason Kortz

Mason Kortz

Clinical Instructional Fellow, Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Harvard University

Mason Kortz is a Clinical Instructional Fellow in the Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. He is also a member of the Working Group on Explanation and the Law at Berkman Klein's Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence initiative. His areas of interest include online speech and privacy and the use of data to advance social justice. Mason has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Computer Science and Philosophy from Dartmouth College.

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