[Ci4cg-announce] Hey Google, sorry you lost your ethics council....

[Doug Schuler]

I'm not sure whether I shared this...  Technology Review ran an article on
the Google Ethics Council that apparently wasn't meant to be. I've included
a link to the article and a good quote from each of the people who made a
recommendation to Google for their next (?) stab at the issue.

The ACM is currently working on a project like this (for social
responsibility) and it will be interesting to see what they come up with!

— Doug


*Hey Google, sorry you lost your ethics council, so we made one for you*

*We asked experts for practical suggestions on why Google’s AI ethics
council bombed and what the company should do next.*

by Bobbie Johnson and Gideon Lichfield
April 6, 2019

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613281/google-cancels-ateac-ai-ethics-council-what-next/

*"Be transparent and specific about the roles and responsibilities ethics
boards have"*
Rashida Richardson, director of policy research at the AI Now Institute

*“Consider what it actually means to govern technology effectively and
justly”*
Jake Metcalf, technology ethics researcher at Data & Society

*“First acknowledge the elephant in the room: Google's AI principles”*
Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology

*“Change the people in charge of putting together these groups”*
Ellen Pao, founder at Project Include

*“Empower antagonism—not these friendly in-house partnerships and
handholding efforts”*
Meg Leta Jones, assistant professor in Communication, Culture & Technology
at Georgetown University

*“Look inward and empower employees who stand in solidarity with vulnerable
groups”*
Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Assistant Professor with The Information School at
the University of Washington

*“A board can't just be 'some important people we know.' You need actual
ethicists"*
Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at Cal Poly

*“The last few weeks showed that direct organizing works”*
 Os Keyes, a PhD student in Data Ecologies Lab at the University of
Washington

*“Four meetings a year are not likely to have an impact. We need agile
ethics input”*
Irina Raicu, director of the internet ethics program at Santa Clara
University

*“The group has to have authority to say no to projects”*
Sam Gregory, program director at Witness

*“Avoid treating ethics like a PR game or a technical problem”*
Anna Jobin, researcher at the Health Ethics and Policy Lab at the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology

*"Seek not only traditional expertise, but also the insights of people who
are experts on their own lived experiences"*
Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League

*“Perhaps it's for the best that the fig leaf of 'ethical development' has
been whisked away” ("I can't imagine any recommendation of such an advisory
panel standing in the way of what the market demands")*
Adam Greenfield, author of Radical Technologies

*"It is heartening to see the power of employee activism"*
Tess Posner, CEO of AI4ALL


-- 
Douglas Schuler
douglas at publicsphereproject.org
Twitter: @doug_schuler

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