Developing a Project Idea

So, after an initial brainstorm during this past week I have come up with a variety of different possible themes or applications that interest me within the field of Data and AI Ethics. For the moment, these themes are generally quite broad and may even seem a bit far-fetched!

However, before choosing any specific topic I’d like to have the opportunity to interact with the course content a bit more, as well as be exposed to inter-disciplinary academic insights to further explore and develop my specific interests.

The following list are my initial thoughts to which possible application areas of data and AI ethics I’d like to address:

Value Creation

Service logic vs a goods-centric logic lens in AI
The importance of a value creation and co-creation lens/ paradigm/ framework in AI systems
The importance of the value creation aspect in AI systems, technology – human interactions (and vice-versa) as well as human-human interactions

World of Work

Enhancing human workers through AI vs replacing humans in favour of automated processes

Macro Lens

A transparent AI-powered system, encoded with ethical guidelines, to serve as a foundational model/ structure (A sort of blueprint of a proposed system)
The moral/ legal responsibility of AI developers, in respect to economic and political impacts, in creating a nature centric AI that is configured ethically
The need for a unified societal policy, a modular approach in a transparent system
The transformed role of data in the 21st century and beyond
A proposal for a proactive approach to governance, based on democratic values, to guide the development of AI for social good

Privacy – Macro

The paradox of privacy, the individual to group level, via a decentralised data-ownership approach
Re-thinking the approach to privacy, fairness and justice within AI systems

Continuation of the research area I undertook in my undergraduate