Just last week (October 4, 2022), the U.S. White House released a blueprint for an A.I. Bill of Rights, consisting of “five principles and associated practices to help guide the design, use, and deployment of automated systems to protect the rights of the American public in the age of artificial intelligence.” The white paper states, “Developed through extensive consultation with the American public, these principles are a blueprint for building and deploying automated systems that are aligned with democratic values and protect civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy.” It further articulates that, “this framework provides a national values statement and toolkit that is sector-agnostic to inform building these protections into policy, practice, or the technological design process. Where existing law or policy—such as sector-specific privacy laws and oversight requirements—do not already provide guidance, the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights should be used to inform policy decisions” (Office of Science and Technology 2022). I applaud the development of this blueprint, but, after briefly describing each principle, highlight some challenges and questions that bioethicists working on AI and machine learning in health care ought to consider.
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An AI Bill of Rights: Implications for Health Care AI and Machine Learning—A Bioethics Lens
Semantic Scholar · Computer Science · 2022
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Just last week (October 4, 2022), the U.S. White House released a blueprint for an A.I. Bill of Rights, consisting of “five principles and associated practices to help guide the design, use, and deployment of automated systems to protect the rights of the American public in the age of artificial intelligence.” The white paper states, “Developed through extensive consultation with the American public, these principles are a blueprint for building and deploying automated systems that are aligned with democratic values and protect civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy.” It further articulates that, “this framework provides a national values statement and toolkit that is sector-agnostic to inform building these protections into policy, practice, or the technological design process. Where existing law or policy—such as sector-specific privacy laws and oversight requirements—do not already provide guidance, the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights should be used to inform policy decisions” (Office of Science and Technology 2022). I applaud the development of this blueprint, but, after briefly describing each principle, highlight some challenges and questions that bioethicists working on AI and machine learning in health care ought to consider.