Ben Byford
AI ethics | freelance web and games designer
AI Ethics
& design fictions
What is Ai?
What is Ethics?
wikipedia
Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.
The glue of society
AI Ethics
Business Ethics
Design Ethics
Data Ethics
Tech Ethics
Machine Ethics
Robo Ethics
Conciousness
Existential risk
In what way do machines participate in ethical questions?
Why should we care?
“It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.”
Jaron Lanier
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”
Samuel Johnson
“Our device isn’t meant to make employees more efficient. It’s meant to completely obviate them.”
Rise of the Robots
“I believe that we still have a role to play"
Robots and the Future of Work,
Leslie P. Willcocks, Mary C. Lacity
"If trained with a narrow set of data, an artificial intelligence may learn behaviors that are completely unintended and undesirable."
Nick Bostrom
How can we know the ethical IMPLiCATIONS of our technologies?
Research
Regulation
Governance
Culture
Design
Research
Regulation
Governance
Culture
Design
AI DESIGN FICTION WORKSHOP
looking into the future using storytelling and design to inform decisions today
Work in progress
Groups of 2-4
(2 minutes)
product / service
e.g. Artificially intelligent robots for dogs.
DogBuddy
the new robot dog friend that will feed, pet, talk to and walk your dog.
product / service
product / service
2yrs
Badly
Well
Design Fiction:
How has your product changed the world
in 2 years?
it went well / it went Badly
(7 minutes)
product / service
2yrs
Badly
Well
20yrs
Ok
Amazing
Exploit
Meh
Design Fiction:
How has your product changed the world
in 20 years?
ok, amazing, exploit, meh
(7 minutes)
product / service
2yrs
Badly
Well
20yrs
Ok
Amazing
Exploit
Meh
50yrs
consequences
Design Fiction:
How has your product changed the world
in 50 years?
what was it's consequence?
Is the world a great place or a horrid dystopia?
(7 minutes)
Design Fiction:
List the ethical issues with your product?
Think about the people, animals or things it effected, the kinds of scenario's that might happen,
and the actions it allows or disallows e.g. human rights.
(10 minutes)
Design Fiction:
List the ethical issues with your product?
What is the issue? | To whom does it affect?
(10 minutes)
Design Fiction:
1 min presentations
Each team to feedback your:
Generated idea
Solution name
Most interesting futures
Ethical considerations
(2 minutes)
Design Fiction:
1 min presentations
Present:
Generated idea
Solution name
Most interesting futures
Ethical considerations
(20 minutes)
Design Fiction
taking your work forward:
Take one of your most interesting visions of the future that examples an ethical conflict and create a fictional design, object, interactive that allows your audience to experience that conflict and reflect on their own decisions
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
Alan Kay
Using design to mitigate unknown and unintended consequences
Archetypes
&
The Veil of Ignorance
2 x groups
1 x Archetypes
1 x Veil of ignorance
New design idea from the idea generator
10 minutes
Discuss designs for your new services or product
Discuss with the group how your role influenced how you evaluated your design ideas
2 minutes per group
Discuss with the group how your role influenced how you evaluated your design ideas
Thank you
AI ethics design workshop
By Ben Byford
AI ethics design workshop
Design Fictions, provocatype, personas and ethical framework workshop for Kingston Uni 2020
