E-learning and the Ethics of Robot Bullying
When considering Ethical Artificial Intelligence we want to hold machinery to account and to protect humans from the potential harmful impact of powerful machines. How transparent are the decisions that machines make? Can we identify the bias that comes from selective availability of data? Or from existing bias in the situations they are trained from? […]
Socio-economic impact assessments for enhanced decision-making
Socio-economic impact assessments (SEIAs) can help us to understand and assess how new and emerging technologies will evolve in society, their impacts on the economy and different social groups and the socio-economic uncertainties they bring. They can help put users and society in a better position to steer the development of new and emerging technologies […]
A survey of AI risk assessment methodologies
In recognition of both the increasing importance of AI in our digital society and the wide diversity of use cases, policymakers across the globe are seeking to better understand the risks that these new AI systems might pose to society. A growing consensus is emerging in favor of risk-based approaches to regulating the use of […]
A framework for regulating AI in the public sector
Technological and regulatory developments in the public sector across the globe signal a radical transition; the traditionally technologically conservative paper-based public sector is transitioning to a digitalised, tech-savvy, advanced and inter-connected system of public services, assimilating market features. Public services and infrastructure are being digitalised; artificial intelligence (AI) and other innovative technologies are being deployed […]
Poking Holes: Distributed Ambivalence and Aesthetics in Sound Networks
Amid the current pandemic (COVID-19) disembodied presence has emerged as the new norm, revealing a world increasingly entangled with the technological and conceptual paradigm of the network. In this scenario, it is crucial to reconsider core axioms of the pervasive connectionist credo, acknowledging the empty space that a network subtends, the hollowness of its lattice, […]
A Surfeit of Data and the Importance of Explainability for Defence
The defence sector is well aware of the strategic and operational benefits of harnessing big data. Both in kinetic and non-kinetic contexts, big data can provide mission critical information that can save lives and keep people safe. Over the past few years, the high volume of data generated by military actors, NGOS, and human security stakeholders has reached almost overwhelming levels. As […]
Strategic responsible innovation management (StRIM): A new approach to responsible corporate innovation through strategic CSR
Despite the popularity of both innovation management and CSR most companies do not necessarily connect them and manage them strategically. We lack a broader holistic perspective on the complex connection between innovation and CSR. In other words, we do not have a strategic and generic business model connecting innovation and CSR, through which innovation practices […]
The Responsible AI Forum 2021
We are delighted to participate in the Responsible AI Forum held in Munich from 6-8 December 2021, discussing a sustainable, inclusive and comprehensive framework for the use of AI that delivers global benefit. This event brings together members of industry, civil society, government and academia to discuss the most relevant and pressing issues related to […]
Thinking AI with a Hammer. Kate Crawford’s Atlas of AI
Kate Crawford’s recent book Atlas of AI (2021) debunks the many myths that surround the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) today. It is a very timely and much-needed book, as experts and policymakers are currently engaged in many initiatives and discussions to regulate AI. Proper and effective governance of this technology will only be possible if it is […]
Creating a holistic diagnostic and assessment tool for early detection of melanoma
Trilateral joins 18 partners from across the EU and Australia in iToBoS, a research project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, which aims to build new diagnostic tools for the early detection of melanoma. Skin cancer is one of the most common human malignancies, and its incidence has been increasing […]
