Global Big Data Conference

There is no shortage of statistics on the increasing uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) in business. With adoption poised to grow over the next few years, this will undoubtedly lead to the discovery of new use cases and applications of the technology that were never before on the radar of business leaders. While this anticipated growth is exciting from a technological standpoint, it is also fraught with ethical landmines. As the associate director of the Charlotte Visualization Center at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, I oversee internal and external research on the use of big data in industries such as science, business and medicine, so I'm familiar with the frequent intersection of ethics and AI. In today's digital age, organizations have access to unprecedented volumes of consumer data -- including personally identifiable information (PII), which can range from your name, credit card information and medical records to IP addresses and biometric data such as fingerprints.