AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship

Re:AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship by specialist on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @12:53PM (#26331981)

We need something like ombudsmans. Roles with true independence. Built in checks and balances.

I have no idea how to make that work.

Maybe something like legal codification, so that publicly traded companies and the various parties are granted some temporary liability armor when vulnerabilities (or equiv) are identified.

PS- Just had a notion. Probably dumb: Maybe the liability (re)insurer gets a seat on the board of directors.

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Re:AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship by scsilver on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @01:13PM (#26332281)

Set up a regulatory project on github and allow people to post annonymous "issues" to be addressed in a public forum?

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Re:AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship by specialist on Thursday March 04, 2021 @02:03PM (#26346640)

Been chewing on this idea. Thanks.

In the broadest sense, your suggestion is The Correct Answer™.

Every org should have some kind of funnel for feedback. Discoverable, transparent, accountable. Probably both public (external) and private (internal) funnels. CRMs by another name. Your notion of a GitHub repo-based issue system would leverage existing infra. Both familiar and cheap. No invention necessary.

In the cases with potential liability, it seems to me privileged access to confidential information will still be necessary. Even if that limited access is only time boxed (eg quiet periods before earnings reports).

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