Organizing AI ethics dynamically with the connection to the internal AI specifications

• Project/Area Number: 18K18434
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: A New Phase of Our Advanced Science and Technology Society
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Hori Koichi 東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 教授 (40173611)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-06-29 – 2021-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 人工知能倫理 / 創造活動支援システム / 設計支援 / 創造活動支援 / 人工知能と社会 / 知識ベース / 人工知能 / 倫理 / 設計

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recent development of AI research has caused concerns about ethical issues. Much discussion is in progress all over the world. However, those discussions are not well reflected to the design of AI systems.This study proposes a system which bridges the gap between AI specifications and AI ethics.
We have proved that AI researchers and developers can design AI systems more creatively when they properly consider ethical issues supported by our system.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的には、複雑化するAI倫理の問題を系統的にとらえることを我々が作成したシステムが可能にした。また、人工知能技術を人工知能の抱える問題に自己適用することにも成功した。
社会的意義としては、倫理的な問題の議論と人工知能の設計開発を、我々の提案したシステムにより、結合することが可能となった。これまで倫理的な問題は自由な研究開発を抑圧するという誤解もしばしば見受けられたが、我々の研究によれば、倫理的問題を考慮すると、むしろこれまでよりも創造的な設計解が得られることが明らかになった。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Designing ethical artifacts has resulted in creative design. (2021)
  • Author(s): Kaira Sekiguchi and Koichi Hori
  • Journal Title: AI and Society Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Pages: 101-148
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00146-020-01043-6
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Organic and dynamic tool for use with knowledge base of AI ethics for promoting engineers’ practice of ethical AI design (2018)
  • Author(s): Sekiguchi Kaira、Hori Koichi
  • Journal Title: AI & SOCIETY Volume: online2018Oct Issue: 1 Pages: 1-21
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00146-018-0867-z
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] 人工知能として認識されない人工知能の埋め込まれる社会に向けて (2018)
  • Author(s): 堀 浩一
  • Journal Title: 情報通信政策研究 Volume: 2 Pages: 11-19
  • NAID: 130007623805
  • Open Access
• [Presentation] Networking AI systems to promote ethical design practice (2020)
  • Author(s): Kaira Sekiguchi and Koichi Hori
  • Organizer: he second edition of the international Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations confer- 161 162 論文目録 ence, PHTR2020
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] `Can ethics enhance creative design activity? (2019)
  • Author(s): Kaira Sekiguchi and Koichi Hori
  • Organizer: ICED19 22nd International Conference on Engineering Desig
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Realization of Organic and Dynamic Creativity Support Tool for Promoting Ethical AI Design (2018)
  • Author(s): Kaira Sekiguchi and Koichi Hori
  • Organizer: 13th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS2018)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Creativity Support <-> AI Ethics (2018)
  • Author(s): Koichi Hori
  • Organizer: UNESCO Roundtable of `Artificial Intelligence: Reflection on its complexity and impact on our society’
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Accountability in AI - Promoting Greater Social Trust (2018)
  • Author(s): Jason Millar, Brent Barron, Koichi Hori, Finlay, Kentaro Kotsuki, Ian Kerr
  • Organizer: G7 Multi-stakeholder Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Enabling the Responsible Adoption of AI
  • Int'l Joint Research