Sharing AI Mistakes: Partnership on AI’s Rebecca Finlay

Nov 12, 2024

Rebecca Finlay, CEO of Partnership on AI, champions responsible AI use and ethical governance. She discusses the importance of learning from past mistakes in AI implementation, emphasizing transparency and collaboration among organizations. Delving into workforce integration, she challenges the notion that AI will replace human jobs, advocating instead for technology to enhance roles. Finlay highlights the need for diverse global perspectives in shaping AI policies and encourages an open dialogue on successes and failures to foster trust and innovation.

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INSIGHT

PAI's Mission

Partnership on AI (PAI) unites diverse voices to address ethical AI challenges and maximize its benefits.
They aim to create AI that works for people, drives innovation, and enhances equity and justice.

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PAI's Origin

PAI's initial funding came from six major tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google/DeepMind, and IBM.
This collaboration arose from ethical questions surrounding the deployment of deep learning AI in various applications.

ADVICE

Responsible AI Development

Develop AI solutions through a socio-technical lens, considering both technical and social systems.
Establish clear responsibilities for creators, developers, and deployers of AI-generated media.

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Rebecca Finlay, CEO of Partnership on AI (PAI), believes that artificial intelligence poses risks — and that organizations should learn from one another and help others avoid the same hazards by disclosing the mistakes they’ve made in implementing the technology.

In this episode, Rebecca discusses the nonprofit’s work supporting the responsible use of AI, including how it’s incorporating global perspectives into its AI governance efforts. She also addresses the complexities of integrating AI into the workforce and the misleading narrative around the inevitability of AI taking over humans’ jobs. She advocates for a proactive approach to adopting the technology instead, where organizations, policy makers, and workers collaborate to that ensure AI enhances jobs rather than eliminating them. Read the episode transcript here.

Guest bio

Rebecca Finlay is CEO at Partnership on AI (PAI), a global nonprofit that brings together a cross-sector community of over 100 partners in 17 countries to ensure that developments in artificial intelligence advance positive outcomes for people and society. Working at the intersection of technology and society, Finlay has held leadership roles in civil society, research organizations, and industry.

Before joining PAI, she founded global research organization CIFAR’s AI & Society program, one of the first international multi-stakeholder initiatives on the impact of AI in society. Her insights have been featured in books and the media, including the Financial Times, The Guardian, Politico, and Nature Machine Intelligence. She has spoken at venues such as South by Southwest and the U.K. AI Safety Summit.

Finlay is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences and sits on advisory bodies in Canada, France, and the U.S. She holds degrees from McGill University and the University of Cambridge.

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