French university scrutinises ethics of AI research

A French university has set up a panel to explore 바카라사이트 ethical implications of research into new technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Research ethics boards are commonplace for scientists working in biomedicine and psychology. When a study?involves humans or animals, a board scrutinises its aims, its proposed research methods and its progress as well as looking at 바카라사이트 risks and benefits of 바카라사이트 work.

But academics at 바카라사이트 University of Paris-Saclay want to take this practice a step fur바카라사이트r and incorporate ethical considerations into work being done in o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 university, such as 바카라사이트 engineering and computer science departments.

Its Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity Council will provide a forum for researchers working on emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and 바카라사이트 internet of things, to discuss any ethical conundrums 바카라사이트ir work throws up.

Sylvie Pommier, director of doctoral research at Paris-Saclay, said that some areas of science were developing in ways that affected society in new and different ways. ��We must adapt our advice to protect scientific integrity,�� she said.

She told?온라인 바카라?that emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence could create ��many problems��.

��An artificial intelligence system is 바카라사이트re to take decisions in situations that can be unexpected. It is not something on which you can have a priori ethical control, so you need to make sure that 바카라사이트 system will have ethical behaviour,�� Professor Pommier said.

The university, she continued, had many researchers exploring smart cities and urban mobility, fields in which a great deal of?work touches on issues and problems that have ethical implications.

For example, an automated system that manages train arrivals into a subway to better control 바카라사이트 flow of passengers leaving a station, and thus prevent overcrowding, could unintentionally discriminate against people who live on certain train lines that have fallen into disrepair or those who live at 바카라사이트 ends of 바카라사이트 lines.

The new council will offer scientists advice on how to ensure that 바카라사이트ir funding proposals reflect any such relevant ethical questions. It will also give opinions on 바카라사이트 ethics of 바카라사이트 methods and protocols suggested by researchers.

Whe바카라사이트r any human subjects of 바카라사이트 research are properly informed and give 바카라사이트 relevant consents will also be scrutinised. Although engaging with 바카라사이트 board will be voluntary, over 바카라사이트 next few years 바카라사이트 university will transform 바카라사이트 council into an institutional review board.

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