Embedding Responsibility In Intelligent Systems: From Ai Ethics To Responsible Ai Ecosystems

This article discusses the concept of responsibility in the current AI ethics debate. It proposes the idea of ‘meta-responsibility’ for ecosystems of intelligent systems, and outlines the theoretical and practical implications arising from this argument. AI is seen as an umbrella term that covers a set of complementary techniques that have developed from statistics, computer science and cognitive psychology, and is the core enabler of intelligent systems. The article also traces the ethical concerns about AI back to the early stages of digital computing and explains the recent success of AI.