It is important to remember that your AI for Good idea is going to be scored by the judges against the six Microsoft Ethics Principles. As a reminder these are:
Fairness: AI systems should treat all people fairly.
Inclusiveness: AI systems should empower everyone and engage people.
Reliability & Safety: AI systems should perform reliably and safely.
Privacy & Security: AI systems should be secure and respect privacy.
Transparency: AI systems’ real goals should be clear.
Accountability: AI systems should be accountable to other humans.
In your submission you will need to write a sentence or two to these questions.
Fairness: We believe our AI concept is fair because…
Inclusiveness: We believe our AI concept is inclusive because…
Reliability & Safety: We believe our AI concept is reliable and safe because
Privacy & Security: We believe our AI concept respects privacy and is secure because…
Transparency: We believe our AI concept is understandable because…Accountability: We believe our AI concept is accountable because…
So you will need to make a case for why your idea meets these principles. As an example:
Fairness: We believe our AI concept is fair because our Robo-Jury does not make any decisions based on racial bias, as the AI does not see a picture of the person, or even see their name (so that they cannot profile a person based on their cultural background). The Robo-Jury AI only looks at the facts of a case presented by lawyers, and makes a scientific judgment based on these facts.
And remember, if you can’t write a strong statement for each of these points, it could be time to adapt your idea slightly to make it meet these principals more powerfully.
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