How To Ensure Responsible Use Of AI With A Real-World Example - Tariq Rashid | PyData Global 2021

Abstract: The use of data and sophisticated algorithms have mushroomed over the last few years, with startups and large enterprises alike developing innovative products and services. However, concerns around safety, fairness, and ethics have also grown as we’ve seen more and more examples of failure due to bias, poor accuracy and even misapplication of algorithms. In response, governments around the world have developed standards, frameworks, and recently, proposed regulations, for assessing the quality of data-driven automation. In this session, we will briefly review the key elements of official guidance on responsible use of data and AI. We will then explore an example of an innovative product designed to help the more vulnerable in our communities (based on a real startup product) and, as a group, discuss how we should ensure it is developed to be safe, fair and ethical. We’ll cover not just questions of data and algorithms, but also the development process and governance. By attending th