Author: Patrick Hall, Ayoub Ouederni

Publisher: O’Reilly

Publication Year: 2021

Summary: The following article poses 7 legal questions that data scientists should address before they deploy artificial intelligence (AI). Answering these questions should help you better align your organizationโ€™s technology with existing and future laws, leading to less discriminatory and invasive customer interactions, fewer regulatory or litigation headwinds, and better return on AI investments: 1). Fairness (Are there outcome or accuracy differences in model decisions across protected groups? Are you documenting efforts to find and fix these differences?); 2). Security (Have you incorporated applicable security standards in your model? Can you detect if and when a breach occurs?); 3). Agency (Is your AI system making unauthorized decisions on behalf of your organization?); 4). Negligence (How are you ensuring your AI is safe and reliable?); 5). Transparency (Can you explain how your model arrives at a decision?); and 6). Third Parties (Does your AI system depend on third-party tools, services, or personnel? Are they addressing these questions?).