This is the final blog in a four-part series detailing the components necessary for AI success. You can read my earlier posts about cultural willingness, data and infrastructure readiness, and workforce skilling, before or after considering these four steps toward AI ethics, risk and compliance. Successful AI adoption requires forethought and preparation. Although AI itself requires a culture open to experimentation and learning from mistakes, when it comes to ethics, risk, and compliance, you can't simply wing it. Allocating the resources and planning for ethics is often a second thought, met by a certain amount of resistance in many organizations.

A report raising questions about the ethical use of so-called "killer robots" has been debated at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The robots are machines programmed to kill people or destroy targets. Unlike drones, they operate autonomously on the battlefield. The UN rapporteur behind the report, Christof Heyns, said he was calling for a halt to their use until the ethical issues could be worked out.

Gillian Christie is the health innovation manager at the Vitality Institute. Derek Yach is the chief health officer at the Vitality Institute. In the weeks since the U.S. presidential election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been firefighting. Widespread accusations assert that his social media company contributed to the election's unexpected outcome by propagating fake news and "filter bubbles." Zuckerberg has harshly refuted these allegations, but the case poses a thorny question: How do we ensure that technology works for society?