[liberationtech] Hey Google, sorry you lost your ethics council....

[Yosem Companys]

Doug, thanks for sharing. Please keep us posted on the ACM project!

On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 4:41 PM Doug Schuler <
douglas at publicsphereproject.org> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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> Douglas Schuler
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> Twitter: @doug_schuler
>
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