Our World in 2018

1) Foster Innovation and Open
Development: To better understand
how impactful AI can be in our
lives and continue to explore the
spectrum of applications, policy
should encourage investment in AI
R&D.
Governments should support
intelligent systems to help industry,
academia, and other stakeholders
improve AI systems.
2) Create New Human
Employment Opportunities and
Protect People’s Welfare: AI will
change the way many of us work.
Public policy in support of adding
skills to the workforce and promoting
employment across sectors should
enhance our workforce while also
protecting people’s welfare.
3) Liberate Data Responsibly:
AI is powered by access to data.
While maintaining security and data
privacy, machine learning algorithms
improve by absorbing more data
over time; data acquisition is
imperative to achieving enhanced
model development. Making data
accessible will help AI reach its full
potential.
4) Rethink Privacy: Many privacy
frameworks like the 1980s OECD
Fair Information Practice Principles
and industry approaches like Privacy
by Design have withstood the test
of time and the evolution of new
technology. We have had to “rethink”
how these models apply in the
new AI technology landscape. Data
security also has a major role to play
to protect citizens’ rights.
5) Require Accountability for
Ethical Design and Implementation:
The social implications of computing
have grown and will continue
to expand as more people have
access to smart systems. Policies
should work to identify and mitigate
discrimination in algorithms,
clarify the need for oversight and
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explainability, encourage diversity,
mitigate data bias and include
different value systems in design
thinking.
As a neuroscientist, processor
architect, and entrepreneur, I
am excited that the community
continues to deliver on the promises
of AI. I am mindful, however, that no
evolution comes without thoughtful
change.
The more we can do now to
ease adoption and integration into
people’s lives, the better and more
successful we all will be. Artificial
intelligence is driving economic
progress while solving some of the
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AI innovation is just beginning, it is
crucial now to shape the right public
policy environment for AI to bloom.
Our focus for 2018 will continue to
be twofold: continue to advance AI
technology and work closely with
AI
society.
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…no evolution
comes without
thoughtful change.
The more we can
do now to ease
adoption and
integration into
people’s lives, the
better and more
successful we all
will be.
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