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AI For All PodcastAccountability in the Age of AI | I4ADA's Frits Bussemaker | Artificial Intelligence PodcastOn this episode of the AI For All Podcast, Frits Bussemaker, Chair of the Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age, joins Ryan Chacon and Neil Sahota to discuss accountability in the age of AI. They talk about accountability in the digital age, how accountability has evolved, using technology to govern technology, the challenges in establishing global governance for AI, the need for localized governance, AI ethics, and balancing innovation and governance.
Frits Bussemaker is the Chair of the Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age, an association instigated by UNESCO in 2017 aimed to help define tools for and...
2023-11-3027 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA Dialogue with Moriba Jah, University of TexasMoriba Jah is a Astrodynamicist and Space Environmentalist who discusses accountability in space and the paralel with the Digital world.
2023-09-1831 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA Dialogue with Mieke De Ketelaere, Vlerick Business SchoolMieke De Ketelaere, Vlerick Business School talks about Sustainable, Ethical and Trustworthy AI and the role of the engineer.
2023-08-2232 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA Dialogue with Melissa Govender, Access PartnerschipA Dialogue with Melissa Govender, Access Partnerschip on regulating AI.
2023-08-0230 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA Dialogue with Neil Sahota, Author of 'Own the AI Revolution'A Dialogue with Neil Sahota, Author of 'Own the AI Revolution'
2023-08-0224 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA Dialogue with Sharon Lemac-Vincere, Lancaster UniversityA Dialogue with Sharon Lemac-Vincere, Lancaster University on comparison space and digital
2023-07-2526 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA Dialogue with Vint Cerf, GoogleVint Cerf is Chief Evangelist with Google. He is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of “the fathers of the Internet“.
The interview was originally done for ‘The Brand Called You‘. I4ADA has permission to reuse the recording.
2023-07-2554 minAccountability in the Digital AgeAn Dialogue with Anna Ida Hudig, University of CambridgeAnna Ida Hudig is a researcher at the University of Cambridge. In this talk we discuss IoT devices.
2023-07-2524 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA Dialogue with Yannis Ioannidis - ACMYannis Ioannidis is the President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). In this podcast we discuss the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
2023-06-1335 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Rocio Moreno Lopez, Accountable NowA dialogue with Rocio Moreno Lopez, Accountable Now
2023-03-0723 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Esther George, Founder Zyber Global CentreEsther George is an Independent Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Specialist and Former Senior Prosecutor for the Crown (UK). In the I4ADA Dialogue she discusses her view on Cyber Crime. Also see: https://zyberglobal.com. And for more information on the Zyber Global Community, please visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/zyberglobalcommunity
2023-02-1135 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with James Hodson, CEO AI for Good FoundationA dialogue with James Hodson, CEO AI for Good Foundation
2023-01-2632 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with David Jensen, UNEPI4ADA Dialogue with David Jensen, Coordinator of the UNEP Digital Transformation Programme and Co-champion of the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES)
2023-01-1924 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Marielza Oliveira, UNESCOA dialogue with Marielza Oliveira, Director division for digital inclusion, policies and information at UNESCO
What does ‘information as a public good’, and make those open and available in a trustworthy way mean? Why is it so important? How to lower (or even get rid of) exposure to harmful content, and both protect and empower people locally and worldwide? What other big threats and related accountability issues are created in this Digital Age? What policy instruments and actions need to be developed and deployed to address those? What are good respectively bad examples where policies including regulations are...
2023-01-1427 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Jonathan Reichental, Author Data Governance for DummiesA dialogue with Jonathan Reichental, Author Data Governance for Dummies
2022-12-2234 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Guy de Felcourt, Independant ConsultantAn I4ADA dialogue with Guy de Felcourt on “DIGITAL and EXTRATERRITORIAL OUTREACH”
2022-12-0924 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Prof Amos Guiora, University of UtahWhere the one who commits or has committed an criminal act such as sexual assaults is the perpetrator, what's the role and responsibility of bystanders of these acts? How are bystanders that failed to protect the assaulted person while being in a position to do so, now criminalized in the State of Utah? How about the enablers? And, what about digital platform and other intermediaries in the Digital Age that accept and share those posts? Are they enablers as well? Said otherwise, who is who, in the Digital space? Where legislation generally is geographically specific, how to expand to...
2022-12-0327 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Olivier Crochat, Center for Digital TrustA dialogue with Olivier Crochat, Center for Digital Trust.
2022-11-1326 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Latha Reddy, Global Commission on Stability in CyberspaceHow to diligently organise balanced, global multi-stakeholders discussions? What are good practices, lessons learned, and success factors? In these discussions and topics, how should accountability in the Digital Age be taken in? These and other key topics are addressed in this Dialogue with Latha Reddy is Co-Chairman at the Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace.
2022-10-1129 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Jennifer Woodard, CEO of Insikt IntelligenceJennifer Woodard is the co-founder and CEO of Insikt Intelligence, a deep-tech startup researching applying AI and Machine Learning to unearth hidden insights within large datasets for customers in the government sector for fighting online crime, disinformation and counterterrorism; as well as the co-founder of Dataietica, a non-profit institute created by AI practitioners and researchers in the Security industry who want to fully realise the potential of new technologies for public safety and policing, while addressing the implications such innovations have in terms of ethics, privacy and human rights.
Jennifer is a recognized expert in the application...
2022-10-1127 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialouge with Michael Nelson, Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceA Dialogue with Michael Nelson, Senior Fellow Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
2022-10-0441 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Glyn Moody, journalist and author of Walled CultureGlyn Moody is an independent journalist who has been writing about computer technology for almost 40 years. He is the author of the book 'Walled Culture' in this podcast he discusses copyrights and the need to reevaluate its purpose. A free digital version of his book is here: https://walledculture.org/the-book/
Why is free sharing, open source and other access to information so important? Why then are certain organisations (public and private) behaving in the opposite way, and seem to commonly strive for control and blocking information sharing? In what ways is copyright law misused? Is such...
2022-09-2622 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Kay Firth-Butterfield, World Economic ForumHow should accountable AI be governed, before it is procured and deployed? And how should AI be governed from and during deployment? How to embed and monitor the humanitarian dimension, by design? It that different from having a human-centric approach? What is the definition of the common principles such as: explainability, auditability, responsibility and trustworthiness? How to respect local, regional, cultural or other ethics in global context of AI? Can we use the various AI ethical frameworks and good practices for other emerging technology as well, such as quantum computing? Do governments, politicians and others understand the impact of...
2022-07-2628 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Jacques Kruse-Brandao, AIOTIA dialogue with Jacques Kruse-Brandao, Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) on the benefits of having a '"Device-Centric IoT Security Risk Spectra Mapping Tool"
2022-07-2130 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Olivier Barker Vormawor, convener of the #FixTheCountry movementWhat are the benefits of digital communication and other online engagement, over doing so offline? Can it enable, increase and even improve accountability in the offline world? And if so, what kind of accountability does it concern? How to use those digital capabilities responsibly, safely and accountably? Where and when does it work, and where and where does it not? These and other key topics are addressed in this Dialogue.
2022-06-3042 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Jan Kleijssen, Council of EuropeJan Kleijssen is the Director of Information Society and Action against Crime with the Council of Europe. In this presentation he discusses the work on the world’s first treaty on AI and Human Rights to be expected in 2023.
2022-06-0926 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Prof. Dr. Gong Ke, WFEOTo what extent was accountability a topic in the educational curricula of engineers, back in the days? How about ethics? What has changed since then? Why is accountability in this Digital Age nowadays so important? And, who raised the issue to take in accountability? To what extent is technology neutral? Where technology is designed for use as has become a need to have, does that change whether technology can be seem as neutral or not? What types and levels of accountability does each stakeholder have? How to make accountability part of the design phase, and not a mere afterthought...
2022-06-0624 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialoguie with Irakli Beridze, United Nations, UNICRIWhat does the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics of the United Nations (UN) Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) do? How can artificial intelligence and robotics improve fighting crime in this Digital Age? How to cater for future-proof law enforcement? What new and emerging technologies are visible on and envisioned over the horizon? How to use those responsibly? And how to minimize bias and other risks of using AI and other technological capabilities? What guidelines and good practices are provided or developed? Is accountability also one of the main principles and requirements? How to balance out the...
2022-05-0526 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Guilherme Canela, UNESCOWhat is the difference between illegal hate speech, and legal hate speech? How free is the freedom of expression, and what are its thresholds? Can, and if so, how could technology help guarding these thresholds of what is freedom of expression, and what is not? How to arrange for more transparency by digital media platforms so their ways of acting or not acting to protect the freedom of expression can be monitored? What kind of transparency would one need, to cater for a higher level of accountability of the various stakeholders? How to arrange for that beyond national or...
2022-04-1233 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Paul Nemitz, Principle Advisor on Justice Policy, European CommissionA dialogue Paul Nemitz, Principle Adviser on Justice Policy EU Commission
Why can technology not work without democracy and rule of law? What is the state of play regarding the rise power of technology, and related rise of economic power? How to control technological power? How to preserve our democracy and quality of life, and increase their resilience. Can rule of law compatible technology actually support such preservation? How to make engineers aware that what they build has (direct or indirect) adverse impact on democracy and the quality of life. How to make sure they understand their...
2022-03-3134 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Prof Ali Hessami, IEEEA dialogue with Prof Ali Hessami, VC & Process Architect, IEEE Ethics Certification Programme for Autonomous & Intelligent Systems at IEEE Standards Association. Ali discusses the a new IEEE global standard developed titled " P7000 - Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns During System Design" Furthermore his latest book on "Factoring Ethics in Technology Policy Making, Regulation and AI
What effect does the emergence of autonomy of machines have? What brings the ever-increasing level of non-human agency towards full autonomy. How is in charge? Are human dignity, societal values, fundamental rights and related ethical topics on the radar of engineers...
2022-03-2934 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Musah Inuwa, Voices for PeaceMusah Inuwa is co-founder of Voices for Peace in Ghana.
2022-03-2723 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Marco Magnano, XR Safety InitiativeMarco Magnano is Comms Director at XR Safety Initiative. This dialogue is hosted by guest host Richard Foster-Flecher, founder of MKAI.
How is trust and being worthy of trust established in the physical world? Would that be the same online, and otherwise in the Digital Age? When adding immersive technology to the equation such as VR and AR, what does change, is augmented - or worsened - even more? Will data harvesting and other collection decrease or increase? Are we mere data points, and do we need to consider new notions about privacy and personal data? Can...
2022-03-0523 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Jim Poisant, WITSAJim Poisant is the Secretary General at The World Innovation, Technology & Services Alliance (WITSA).
2022-03-0527 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Nathalia Foditsch, Alliance for Affordable InternetNathalia Foditsch is a Senior Policy and Regulatory Specialist, with the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) part of the Web Foundation. In this dialogue she discusses the recent report the A4AI produced on the status of the Universal Service and Access Funds for the Latin American and Caribbean Countries. She also brings up the topic of the need for meaningful connectivity.
You can find a link to the A4AI report here.
Nathalia Foditsch is a licensed attorney and has worked on technology and communications policy and regulatory issues over the past twelve...
2022-02-1029 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Rosa Maria DelgadoWhat is the future of domain names? Why is attention to our digital fundamental infrastructure so important? Where did the internet protocol start, and what is IPv6? What brings it to the table regarding accountability? Is transparency seen as a friend or seen as a foe? Why is the implementation relatively difficult? Where certain necessary global transitions are relatively slow, why not start locally? Next to understanding, appreciation and financial investments, what are furthermore prerequisites? How to involve the mid and low income countries? How to leave nobody behind?
About: Rosa Maria Delgado
2022-01-0833 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Prof Jan Scholtes, ZyLABProf. Jan Scholtes, University of Maastricht, Founder ZyLAB discusses role of eDiscovery in Accountability in the Digital Age.
What does eDiscovery mean? What kind of fact finding does it facilitate? How to find relevant data, and how to trust it? How to avoid bias, tunnel vision and echo chamber behaviour by the investigators? How to respect human values and rights? When does one know it has found and investigated the appropriate data sets? How does one know whether it has seen it all? Can the eDiscovery tools and processes be trusted, and do they demonstrate accountability themselves...
2021-12-2334 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Saskia Bruines, City of The Hague (DUTCH)A dialogue with Saskia Bruines, deputy mayor of the city of The Hague. She talks about the history of The Hague as a UN city and the role it plays as the city of peace and justice in the digital age.
This dialogue is in DUTCH
2021-12-1713 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Pavan Duggal, Artificial Intelligence Law HubA dialogue with Pavan Duggal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Head Artificial Intelligence Law Hub. Which developments have been accelerated because of the Covid-19 pandemic? And why? How did or do stakeholders such as nations, technology companies or cybercriminals used the pandemic, and how to counter the detrimental effects and other negative consequences? How could or should people, rule of law respectively accountability support this better, on local, regional and global levels? How much time do we have? What are examples of 21st solutions for these, post-Covid-19 pandemic 21st century challenges? This Dialogue dives into these and related important m...
2021-12-1730 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Cyril Pereira, journalistListen to media expert Cyril Pereira and our institute's co-director Frits Bussemaker having a dialogue about questions such as: Do newspapers have a future in this Digital Age? What is data journalism, and how to convert that into accountability instruments? How do the next generation journalists and free journalism look like, and what does it take? And much more!
2021-12-1734 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Prof. Christoph Stueckelberger, Globethics.net FoundationProf. Christoph Stueckelberger, Founder of Globethics.net Foundation discusses cyber ethics.
What does ethics means, around the world? What are the common denominators? What changes when one goes online? What can one reasonably expect online and why are some behaving differently online. How to be reliable towards people online – with the many persona individuals have during the day –, and remain accountable? How to deal with the long-term memory of digital systems, and the internet in specific, when people change and are allowed to change their minds over time? How to catch up, speed up, and keep up with...
2021-12-1735 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Paul Timmers, Oxford UniversityWhat does digital sovereignty mean? Why has it become a hot topic? What are digital assets, and why are they important? What technologies with either local, regional or even global reach are relevant to build, achieve and sustain digital sovereignty? What geopolitical threats need to be taken seriously? Are these challenges too big for one country, and if so, how to collaborate? How to speed up and keep up with ever-increasing and accelerating technological developments including essentials such as cybersecurity and trust? Is speed actually a friend or a foe? Which trustworthy and accountable 21st century digital, collaborative and...
2021-12-1328 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Mei Lin Fung, People Centered InternetMei Lin Fung is chair and co-founder together with Vint Cerf of the People Centered Internet. See PCI.
What was the internet originally intended to be? To which other historic innovations is the evolution of the internet similar? What can we learn from those, and the first decades of the internet? How to improve or rebuild the current internet so it can become less technology-dependent, less vulnerable, more robust and more resilient? Who and which organisations could or should be part of these efforts? How can accountability be included, by design, while running, and by supporting continuous...
2021-12-1327 minAccountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Pradeep Gupta, Cyber Media GroupA dialogue with Pradeep Gupta, Chairman Cyber Media Group discussing the role of media and Accountability in the Digital Age.
Is the role of media news and other content provider, watch dog, or both? What has the media reporting about (and had influence in) during the past decades. What is it focusing on now and the next years? How does a media organisation implement accountability, both internally as well as externally? How does it cope with being branded as ‘fake news’? How does it deal with such attacks from a technical, digital perspective? Are there national/regional diffe...
2021-12-1328 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Prabhat Agarwal, European CommissionA dialogue with Prabhat Agarwal, European Commission
2021-10-2129 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Stephen Ibaraki, REDDS CapitalWhat is AI for Good about? When did it start, why, and where is accountability taken in? What’s the level of awareness of digital impact (positive and negative) of people, society and businesses? What are their leaders doing about it? Are there already instruments available that can be deployed to support and cater for accountability? Who should be at the table on these ever-growing opportunities, challenges and related accountability? And, how can you engage? Concrete examples throughout the world, on all kind of different levels, in this dialogue with Stephen Ibaraki, Chairman REDDS Capital.
2021-10-2126 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Prof. Tatjana Welzer, University of MariborA Dialogue with Prof. Tatjana Welzer, University of Maribor.
2021-10-2129 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Marietje Schaake, Stanford UniversityMarietje Schaake discussing Accountability in the Digital Age
2021-09-2821 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Jacques Kruze-Brandao, Charter of TrustJacques Kruse Brandao, Global Head of Advocacy, SGS and Co-Founder Charter of Trust talks about connected devices and systems have become a need to have. Now each will need to be able to demonstrate that those are safe and (cyber)secure, and can be trusted. Both seperately as well as holistically. Locally, nationally, and globally. This Dialogue touches on this important dimensions.
2021-09-2327 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Prof Guy Berger, UNESCOWhere for journalists internet 1.0 was about how to use it in its daily course of work, nowadays, in this Digital Age, press freedom, freedom of expression and traditional and digital media have been influenced, impact and otherwise changed dramatically, both in positive and negative ways. Who are the players and gatekeepers of communication, what are the nuances of accountability for each of them, and how take in and balance out the numerous different perspectives of multiple stakeholders? In this Dialogue with Guy Berger, Director for Strategies and Policies in the field of Communication and Information with UNESCO these and...
2021-09-1721 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Kai Hermsen, IDENTITY ValleyA dialogue with Kai Hermsen, co-CEO of IDENTITY Valley. Next to cybersecurity as a key trust ingredient in this Digital Age there are many more, including digital literacy, transparency and human agency and identity, to name a few. How to come to a set of holistic, intertwined yet actionable ingredients that can be furthered as digital responsibility goals, to support the Sustainable Development Goals and improve the measurability thereof. In this Dialogue seven of these key ingredients and related challenges and opportunities are discussed.
2021-09-1729 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Maarten Botterman, ICANNA secure, stable and interoperable internet is an important part of the world in this Digital Age. How does ICANN help facilitate and curate this common interest, who is who in this omni-connected global society, how does its omni-stakeholders bottom up approach work, where is accountability and transparency taken in, and how is it catered for? This Dialogue dives into these and related important matters.
2021-08-1626 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Peter BattA dialogue with Peter Batt, Former Dir-Gen for Digital Society, Digitisation of the Administration and IT, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Germany.
2021-08-1629 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Nicolas Diaz Ferreyra, University of Duisburg-EssenA dialogue with Nicolas Diaz Ferreyra, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Duisburg-Essen working on areas of privacy and cybersecurity
In this Digital Age, are users able to make their own decisions about using digital services, and sharing their personal data? Why do they seemingly give away so much? Are they aware of the risks, impact and other consequences of doing so? What can and should developers add to the accountability table? How can one check and validate trust, what can we learn from existing non-digital use cases, and what accountability tools can help users to make...
2021-08-1624 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Christine Woopen, Center for Life Ethics, Universität BonnIn the medical/health sector, ethics is and has been a core and key component of daily decisions, research and other activities. Where digital technology has outstripped societal and legal frameworks, what can we learn from the ways ethics and accountability are continuously deployed in this sector? For instance regarding personal, bodily, emotional and data integrity. How to cater for multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary collaboration? And why is common ground such as a clear taxonomy so important? This Dialogue dives into these and related important matters.
2021-08-1624 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Boris KoprivnkarA dialogue with Boris Koprivnikar, CEO Sincular Consulting. Former deputy Prime Minister Republic of Slovenia.
2021-08-1627 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Dan Jerker Svantesson, Bond University, AustraliaDialogue with Dan Jerker Svantesson:
· Professor at Faculty of Law, Bond University, Australia (Gold coast)
· Researcher Law & Informatics in Sweden
· Emeritus Editor International Data Privacy Law, Oxford University Press
· He specialises in international aspects of the IT society, a field within which he has published over 250 publications in his name including the book Solving the Internet Jurisdiction Puzzle
2021-08-1630 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Richard Foster-Fletcher, MKAIHow does the Digital Age look like in a post-browser world where one can not easily switch from one browser to another within a second? How much (more) locked-in will people and society get? How to get accountability into play, before, during and after the game? How can a local bottom-up, can-do yet critical community be set up, florish and have a national and global reach. What can we learn from each other? And what is the role of government? These and many essential queries that cater for having a multi-faceted and open mind are explored in this Dialogue.
2021-08-1623 min
Accountability in the Digital AgeA dialogue with Joelle CasteixDialogue with Joelle Casteix:
· Joelle Casteix is a leading global expert, author, and keynote speaker for survivors of child sexual assault and institutional cover-up.
· As founding member of the board of directors of the Zero Abuse Project, she has helped launch ZeroAbuse.ai
· She is furthermore, the Chief Content Officer of SpotTheLine – ai.
2021-08-1628 min
The Boundless PodcastEP96: Frits Bussemaker, I4ADA and Ryan Moore, Aiimi: De-mystifying Data for the CEO💬 “When I first started off with data science projects, I had this big poster up that said ‘if it makes money, it makes sense’. And every project, we were measuring it against that. When I look back, I realize that was a mistake and that ethos prevented us from seeing anything other than ROI. When we present the business case now, there's around seven business benefit areas included, because financial KPIs alone don’t cut it anymore.” This is a conversation with Frits Bussemaker and Ryan Moore Frits is the Chair of the Institute for Accountability in the Digita...
2020-08-1932 min