What does it mean to be an AI Ethicist?
Interview with Olivia Gambelin, Founder of Ethical Intelligence.
Olivia is an AI Ethicist who works with entrepreneurs to ensure emerging technology is designed with human values at the core. Olivia works as the Chief Executive Officer of Ethical Intelligence where she leads a remote team of over forty experts in the Tech Ethics field. Additionally, she is on the Founding Editorial Board for Springer Nature’s AI and Ethics Journal, Co-Chair of IEEE’s AI Expert Network Criteria Committee, and is an External Advisor to Save the Children [US] Ethics Review Committee.
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In her paper, Olivia dives into what it means to be an AI Ethicist. In the emergence of new technologies, this new profession has risen to guide the conversation around ethical AI. It is unclear as to what skills are needed in this role. But Olivia argues that bravery is vital, to raise concerns and ask hard questions.
In our interview with Olivia, we’ll be discussing how one can be brave in the face of technology, and how we can upskill technologists to tackle modern ethical challenges in the digital world.
Stay tuned!