Miriam Vogel, policy and practice innovator, discusses the importance of good AI hygiene, regulatory progress, and boosting literacy and diversity in AI. She emphasizes the need for standardized and context-specific guidance, transparency, and a multi-disciplinary mindset. Vogel highlights the business value of beneficial AI and the importance of AI liability for businesses. She sees regulation as a way to spur innovation and trust, outlining progress in federal AI policies and the need for collective AI literacy. Vogel urges asking critical questions to ensure benefitting from AI opportunities.
Good AI hygiene involves clear accountability and documentation for safe and effective AI utilization.
Engaging diverse stakeholders fosters inclusive governance and promotes trust in AI systems.
Deep dives
Navigating Bias and Harms in AI through Past Solutions
Bias and harms in AI echo issues faced in the workplace and in law enforcement. Lessons learned from addressing bias in labor markets and law enforcement can guide AI regulation. Addressing AI challenges aligns with historical strategies used in regulating innovations like airplanes, cars, and computers.
Importance of Responsible Governance in AI Companies
Companies must integrate responsible AI governance akin to cybersecurity implementation years ago. Ensuring responsible AI leadership is crucial as most organizations are now AI-driven. Establishing a governance framework is essential to preempt potential AI risks and ensure sustainable and safe AI deployment.
Need for Clear Accountability and Documentation in AI Implementation
Maintaining good AI hygiene involves ensuring clear accountability and documentation throughout the AI lifecycle. Documenting testing procedures, use cases, and intended beneficiaries is crucial to preempt AI failures. Clear ownership within organizations and detailed documentation support safe and effective AI utilization.
Ensuring Inclusive AI Governance through Stakeholder Engagement
Participatory governance in AI development necessitates engaging diverse stakeholders to address potential AI failures and unintended consequences. Including underrepresented populations in AI deployment and regulation fosters inclusive governance. Organizations benefit from diverse engagement, which enhances AI development and promotes trust in AI systems.
Miriam Vogel disputes AI is lawless, endorses good AI hygiene, reviews regulatory progress and pitfalls, boosts literacy and diversity, and remains net positive on AI.
Miriam Vogel traverses her unforeseen path from in-house counsel to public policy innovator. Miriam acknowledges that AI systems raise some novel questions but reiterates there is much to learn from existing policies and laws. Drawing analogies to flying and driving, Miriam demonstrates the need for both standardized and context-specific guidance.
Miriam and Kimberly then discuss what constitutes good AI hygiene, what meaningful transparency looks like, and why a multi-disciplinary mindset matters. While reiterating the business value of beneficial AI Miriam notes businesses are now on notice regarding their AI liability. She is clear-sighted regarding the complexity, but views regulation done right as a means to spur innovation and trust. In that vein, Miriam outlines the progress to-date and work still to come to enact federal AI policies and raise our collective AI literacy. Lastly, Miriam raises questions everyone should ask to ensure we each benefit from the opportunities AI presents.
Miriam Vogel is the President and CEO of Equal AI, a non-profit movement committed to reducing bias and responsibly governing AI. Miriam also chairs the US National AI Advisory Committee (NAIAC).