This year's tech trends prove we need to embrace Responsible AI sooner--not later

Ask a person on the street, and chances are they'll tell you they are both optimistic and anxious about AI. The conflicted perspective makes sense--AI is already appearing in ways that have the potential to both scare and inspire us. The 2018 Fjord trends for business, technology, and design suggest a potential path to alleviate those fears: Adopt a values-sensitive framework for Responsible AI. Thus far, AI optimists have had much to celebrate. Maybe they have it easy: Intuitively, we associate technology with progress--we generally believe that "better, faster, smarter" leads to improvement, efficiency, and enrichment.