Operationalizing Responsible AI at Scale: CSIRO Data61's Pattern-Oriented Responsible AI Engineering Approach

For the world to realize the benefits brought by AI, it is important to ensure artificial intelligent (AI) systems are responsibly developed, used throughout their entire life cycle, and trusted by the humans expected to rely on them.1 The goal for AI adoption has triggered a significant national effort to realize responsible AI (RAI) in Australia. CSIRO Data61 is the data and digital specialist arm of Australia's national science agency. In 2019, CSIRO Data61's worked with the Australian government to conduct the AI Ethics Framework research. This work led to the release of eight AI ethics principles to ensure Australia's adoption of AI is safe, secure, and reliable.a It is challenging to turn high-level AI ethics principles into real-life practices.