Ethics
Ethics are principles concerned with what is good for individuals and society.
An Ethics are the principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Why ethics are important in life?
An Ethics provides a framework underlying our lives on a daily basis. It helps us to make decisions that create positive impacts and steering us away from unjust outcomes. It guides us to make the world a better place through the choices we make. It should be applies on every activities we are doing.
Ethics vs Morals
| Ethics | Morals |
|---|---|
| The guiding principles to decide what is good or bad. | The beliefs dictated by our society. |
| These are values that a person themselves chooses for their life. | Morals are not fixed and can be different for different societies. |
| Examples: Is it good to speak the truth in all situations? Is it good to be loyal under all circumstances? |
Examples: Always speak the truth. Always be loyal. |
AI Ethics
AI Ethics is a system of moral principles and techniques intended to inform the development and responsible use of artificial intelligence technology.
AI Ethics refers to the basic principles of AI system design that use the good code of conduct and produces the results.
In other words, Ethics means what is right and Unethical means what is wrong.
Why AI Ethics are important?
We need to have ethics into a certain piece of technology with AI, is being developed. We need to monitor/check/police the outcomes of that specific piece of technology in order to fully understand its behavior and make sure that it's not violating our (human) moral principles.
Principles of AI Ethics
The following principles in AI Ethics help us to guide to create better and safer of AI solutions:
- Human Rights: When building AI solutions, we need to ensure that they follow human rights.
- Bias: Bias (partiality or preference for one over the other) often comes from the training data which may affect the solutions.
- Privacy: We need to have rules which keep our individual and private data safe.
- Inclusion: AI must not discriminate against a particular group of population, causing them any kind of disadvantage.