Creating a Curious, Ethical, and Diverse AI Workforce - War on the Rocks

Does the law of war apply to artificially intelligent systems? The U.S. Department of Defense is taking this question seriously, and adopted ethical principles for artificial intelligence (AI) in February 2020 based on the Defense Innovation Board's set of AI ethical guidelines proposed last year. However, just as defense organizations must abide by the law of war and other norms and values, individuals are responsible for the systems they create and use. Ensuring that AI systems are as committed as we are to responsible and lawful behavior requires changes to engineering practices. Considerations of ethical, moral, and legal implications are not new to defense organizations, but they are starting to become more common in AI engineering teams.