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Achieving a data-driven risk assessment methodology for ethical AI

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Felländer, Anna, Rebane, Jonathan, Larsson, Stefan, Wiggberg, Mattias, Heintz, Fredrik·2022·Digital Society

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Abstract The AI landscape demands a broad set of legal, ethical, and societal considerations to be accounted for in order to develop ethical AI (eAI) solutions which sustain human values and rights. Currently, a variety of guidelines and a handful of niche tools exist to account for and tackle individual challenges. However, it is also well established that many organizations face practical challenges in navigating these considerations from a risk management perspective within AI governance. Therefore, new methodologies are needed to provide a well-vetted and real-world applicable structure and path through the checks and balances needed for ethically assessing and guiding the development of AI. In this paper, we show that a multidisciplinary research approach, spanning cross-sectional viewpoints, is the foundation of a pragmatic definition of ethical and societal risks faced by organizations using AI. Equally important are the findings of cross-structural governance for implementing eAI successfully. Based on evidence acquired from our multidisciplinary research investigation, we propose a novel data-driven risk assessment methodology, entitled DRESS-eAI. In addition, through the evaluation of our methodological implementation, we demonstrate its state-of-the-art relevance as a tool for sustaining human values in the data-driven AI era.

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Authors
Felländer, A., Rebane, J., Larsson, S., Wiggberg, M., & Heintz, F.
Affiliations
  • Stockholm University (SE)
  • Lund University (SE)
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
  • Linköping University (SE)
Corresponding author
Rebane, Jonathan
Venue
Digital Society
Published
2022-08-18
Volume
1
Issue
2
ISSN
  • 2731-4650 (ISSN-L)
  • 2731-4669
OpenAlex
W3215640244
Cited by
36
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 12
FWCI
9.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Digital Society (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (cc-by)
Funders
  • VINNOVA
  • Stockholm University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Keywords
ethical AI, AI risk assessment, data-driven risk assessment, AI governance, AI ethics, societal risk, human values, multidisciplinary research

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