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posted on 2021-02-09, 18:32 authored by marlou bijlsmamarlou bijlsma, Thamar ZijlstraThamar Zijlstra, Bernd StahlBernd Stahl, Doris SchroederDoris SchroederThis SHERPA Deliverable on standardization asks whether a standard for
ethical handling of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an option to avoid major ethical
issues arising from the technology.
To this end, the authors of this Deliverable
facilitated the exchange of interest and ideas between AI and big data
stakeholders and SHERPA.
AI and big data stakeholders were informed about SHERPA and its focus on
ethical handling of AI, and SHERPA partners were taught about standardization
and contributed to ongoing standardization projects on AI and big data. This
exchange of interests, knowledge and experiences provided insight into the
feasibility of applying SHERPA’s results on ethics and human rights in AI to
standardization processes.
This SHERPA task revealed that many standardization activities on AI and big
data were already ongoing. The SHERPA project developed knowledge in the
form of case studies, scenarios and guidelines that were shared with these
ongoing standardization activities. SHERPA partners provided expert input in
the form of comments to ongoing standardization activities, in the field of AI
and big data as well as related sectoral topics such as health care, sustainable
development and energy grids.
The task found limited interest in organising round tables for discussions or
initiatig new standardization work in light of a number of ongoing
standardization activities. Other opportunities to embed ethics considerations
into AI standardization were pursued. Most notably, a chapter and an annex
on ethics was added to the European standard for health and wellness apps.