362 [BEST OF] Renee Cummings on AI Ethics, Leadership & Governance

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In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Renee Cummings, Data Science Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia. In the conversation, Professor Renee Cummings, a criminologist and AI ethicist discusses the importance of bringing responsible, ethical thinking to deploying AI technology. She stresses the need for due process, recognizing the various forms of bias, ethical use and transparency in deployment, and good governance and oversight. Renee Cummings also addresses the need for considering diversity, equity, and inclusion in AI development and deployment and how we can ensure that AI benefits society instead of harming it.

Some highlights:

- Why diversity of experience and perspective is crucial in AI

- The role that data plays in AI and data as a store of both positive and negative aspects of humanity.

differently, and the difference that makes in AI development and deployment

- Renee Cummings on the role AI has played in law enforcement for the past 20-plus years

- Why it's important to keep humans involved in the decision-making loop rather than allowing extreme decision-making autonomy for AI systems

- How to design technology ethically to avoid extreme prejudice and further persecution of certain groups

- Professor Renee Cummings on the many opportunities created by AI

Connect with Renee Cummings

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Renee Cummings at UVA

Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:

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