Report on the Conference on Ethical and Responsible Design in the National AI Institutes: A Summary of Challenges

TL;DR

This report summarizes a 2023 conference where representatives from National AI Institutes discussed challenges and potential collaborations related to ethical and responsible AI design practices.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the main challenges faced by AI Institutes in implementing ethical design and explores promising research directions and collaboration opportunities.

Findings

Identification of key challenges in ethical AI implementation

Discussion of promising research lines for responsible AI

Highlighting collaboration opportunities among AI Institutes

Abstract

In May 2023, the Georgia Tech Ethics, Technology, and Human Interaction Center organized the Conference on Ethical and Responsible Design in the National AI Institutes. Representatives from the National AI Research Institutes that had been established as of January 2023 were invited to attend; researchers representing 14 Institutes attended and participated. The conference focused on three questions: What are the main challenges that the National AI Institutes are facing with regard to the responsible design of AI systems? What are promising lines of inquiry to address these challenges? What are possible points of collaboration? Over the course of the conference, a revised version of the first question became a focal point: What are the challenges that the Institutes face in identifying ethical and responsible design practices and in implementing them in the AI development process? This document summarizes the challenges that representatives from the Institutes in attendance highlighted.