A4 Article in conference proceedings
Time for AI (Ethics) maturity model is now (2021)

Vakkuri, V., Jantunen, M., Halme, E., Kemell, K.-K., Nguyen-Duc, A., Mikkonen, T., & Abrahamsson, P. (2021). Time for AI (Ethics) maturity model is now. In H. Espinoza, J. McDermid, X. Huang, M. Castillo-Effen, X. C. Chen, J. Hernandez-Orallo, S. OhEigeartaigh, & R. Mallah (Eds.), SafeAI 2021 : Proceedings of the 2021 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Safety. RWTH Aachen. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2808. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2808/Paper_16.pdf

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Vakkuri, Ville; Jantunen, Marianna; Halme, Erika; Kemell, Kai-Kristian; Nguyen-Duc, Anh; Mikkonen, Tommi; Abrahamsson, Pekka

Parent publication: SafeAI 2021 : Proceedings of the 2021 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Safety

Parent publication editors: Espinoza, Huáscar; McDermid, John; Huang, Xiaowei; Castillo-Effen, Mauricio; Chen, Xin Cynthia; Hernandez-Orallo, José; OhEigeartaigh, Seán; Mallah, Richard

Conference:

Place and date of conference: Virtual Conference, 8.2.2021

Journal or series: CEUR Workshop Proceedings

eISSN: 1613-0073

Publication year: 2021

Number in series: 2808

Publisher: RWTH Aachen

Publication country: Germany

Publication language: English

Persistent website address: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2808/Paper_16.pdf

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74629

Publication is parallel published: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.12701

Abstract

There appears to be a common agreement that ethical concerns are of high importance when it comes to systems equipped with some sort of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Demands for ethical AI are declared from all directions. As a response, in recent years, public bodies, governments, and universities have rushed in to provide a set of principles to be considered when AI based systems are designed and used. We have learned, however, that high-level principles do not turn easily into actionable advice for practitioners. Hence, also companies are publishing their own ethical guidelines to guide their AI development. This paper argues that AI software is still software and needs to be approached from the software development perspective. The software engineering paradigm has introduced maturity model thinking, which provides a roadmap for companies to improve their performance from the selected viewpoints known as the key capabilities. We want to voice out a call for action for the development of a maturity model for AI software. We wish to discuss whether the focus should be on AI ethics or, more broadly, the quality of an AI system, called a maturity model for the development of AI systems.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; system design; software development; ethics; ethicality; guidelines

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2021

JUFO rating: 1