In Principle and In Practice

Companies, organizations, and governments around the world are implementing or endorsing principles for artificial intelligence. During the Berkman Klein Center's first fully-virtual Tuesday luncheon, Jessica Fjeld, Assistant Director of BKC's Cyberlaw Clinic and lead author of the Principled AI report, and Ryan Budish, Assistant Research Director at BKC and a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s AI Governance Expert Group that came up with principles for OECD's AI Principles, teamed up to share their experiences. Their discussion was moderated by BKC Executive Director Urs Gasser and also featured commentary from members of the BKC community. Fjeld explained the method of creating the Principled AI report and visualization, which analyzed AI principles from around the world and ultimately identified eight trends among them. "We believe [these themes] are the signs of the earliest emerging consensus for societal norms around how AI can be -- should be -- used," she said.