AI – at what cost?
Written by Vincent Bryce The last four years have seen remarkable advances in artificial intelligence, especially in the development and availability of ‘foundation models’. In particular, generative large language models…
Hidden layers – exploring the values shaping our digital future
Written by Vincent Bryce Diagram of a goalline technology system. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 (attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Maxxl2) The idea that there should be a “human in the loop” for important decisions…
RAISE: Working with SMEs in the UK and Africa to implement and use generative AI responsibly
Written by Ben Howkins, Trilateral Research RAISE: A new Responsible AI UK-funded project that will co-create guidance for SMEs in the UK and Africa on how generative AI systems can…
What Would Responsible AI Ecosystems Look Like?
Written by Bernd Stahl, Professor of Critical Research in Technology, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham. In my recently published paper entitled “Embedding responsibility in intelligent systems: from AI…
Thinking about ethical issues of AI before they happen – AI impact assessments
Written by Bernd Stahl, Professor of Critical Research in Technology, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham. In light of the rapidly growing discussion of ethical and social concerns of…
People get tired of fighting; but do “machines”? How AI (Autonomous Weapons Systems) escalates wars.
Written by Gabriel Udoh, PhD candidate in Autonomous Weapons Systems and International Humanitarian Law, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) By now, most of the insinuations concerning the capacity of AI to…
What Do Experts Think about the Ethics of AI?
Written by Bernd Stahl, Professor of Critical Research in Technology, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham The ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be a hot topic of…
Thinking about Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Context: Reflecting on Participatory Design and Ethnography as an approach to Ethical Enquiry
In this blog Alan Chamberlain, Senior Research Fellow, Mixed Reality Lab at the University of Nottingham discusses his research interests, how he came to be interested in responsible research and…