Defense Innovation Board Proposes Key AI Ethics Principles

A report from the Defense Innovation Board recommends artificial intelligence ethic principles and actions for the Defense Department in its research, development and deployment of AI technologies. The report includes five principles and 12 recommendations, which the board created after 15 months of researching and discussing with various DOD officials, academic experts and industry partners. The board, which consists of 16 technologists who advise DOD, voted in favor of the recommendations at a public meeting in Washington, D.C., Thursday. To devise these principles, the board drew from existing laws including the Law of War, international law, the U.S. Constitution and Title 10 of the U.S. Code. Although DOD has other technology ethics codes, its AI Strategy in 2018 called for the creation of an individual set of ethics rules around AI. To realize the proposed principles, DIB formed 12 recommended actions.