Building a "Woke" AI

Building a Woke AI to Eliminate AI Bias

So, how do you build an ethical or woke AI? To build a woke AI, we need to focus on seven key factors or requirements.

Transparency

Various aspects of building the AI program, such as the data, system, and algorithms, must be fully transparent. One of the simplest ways of achieving this is by implementing traceability mechanisms that can help track and log the entire development lifecycle of the AI program. Moreover, we should also be able to understand the process and the reasons why the AI algorithms arrive at a particular decision to ensure complete transparency. This can be achieved through explainable AI.

Robustness

AI programs need to be powerful and resilient. A backup plan should be in place to ensure minimum or zero negative consequences in case something goes awry with the system.

Accountability

Strict mechanisms, rules, and frameworks should be implemented to ensure accountability for AI programs and their outputs. One way to do this is through AI audits. Audits can help assess whether the training data used is fair or not by creating hypothetical scenarios to examine the output of the AI program.

Non-Discrimination

The AI program should not discriminate against any individual based on their sex, color, ethnicity, disability, and other factors throughout the entire life cycle of the program.

Privacy Protection

The AI program must ensure that user data remains confidential and that only authorized individuals access the data after proper verification.

Human Intervention

Proper mechanisms should be implemented to ensure that the AI systems don't deviate from their working principles and objectives, leading to unethical outputs. This can be done by having a human oversight over the AI program at all times.

Societal Well-Being

The AI programs should be developed to benefit all human beings, including future generations.

Conclusion

The discussion regarding ethical or "woke" AI is headed in the right direction. AI bias could gradually reduce and cease to exist in the upcoming years. However, we must also remember that to build a “woke" AI, we must become a 'woke' society first. Only then can we develop truly ethical and "woke" AI systems.