Responsible AI: How We Do We Build Systems That Don’t Discriminate?
The main points from BIMA’s breakfast briefing, 27th February 2020
This morning, it was my pleasure to host BIMA’s latest breakfast briefing, Responsible AI: How Do We Build Systems That Don’t Discriminate?, the latest in its Age of AI series, in partnership with Microsoft UK.
At The Curtain Members Club in London’s trendy Shoreditch, I was joined by three guest speakers, all experts in the field in some way:
- Josie Young, Lead Consultant — Artificial Intelligence (Strategy & Ethics), Methods.
- Phil Harvey, Senior Cloud Solution Architect for Data & AI in One Commercial Partner, Microsoft UK
- Dr. Léa El Samarji, Intelligent Industry Solutions Offering Lead, EUROPE, Avanade.
After a giggle or two — clarifying Josie doesn’t have coronavirus (phew) and making everyone jealous by informing them my mother dated Sean Connery in the 60s (swoon) — we got to what we came for.
Each of our wonderful speakers brought their own fascinating insights as we considered how to reduce bias in AI systems. Before I run through these, here are a few common themes that arose during the session, and the key takeaways:
