AI in the EU: Ethical Guidelines as a Governance Tool
(2021) In Palgrave Macmillan p.85-110- Abstract
- This chapter examines ethical guidelines as a tool for the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). Analysing the European development towards a trustworthy AI, with a focus on the High-Level Expert Group on AI appointed by the European Commission, the chapter highlights the interaction between guidelines and law in light of technological advancements. It discusses why contemporary AI has led to that the ethical framing has received such a prominent place. Applied AI, here argued, must be understood from its interaction with social structures and human expressions, leading to a need of a multidisciplinary understanding for its governance. Via an analysis of AIs definitional struggles, as well as the related notions of risk and... (More)
- This chapter examines ethical guidelines as a tool for the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). Analysing the European development towards a trustworthy AI, with a focus on the High-Level Expert Group on AI appointed by the European Commission, the chapter highlights the interaction between guidelines and law in light of technological advancements. It discusses why contemporary AI has led to that the ethical framing has received such a prominent place. Applied AI, here argued, must be understood from its interaction with social structures and human expressions, leading to a need of a multidisciplinary understanding for its governance. Via an analysis of AIs definitional struggles, as well as the related notions of risk and transparency, the chapter concludes by stressing the necessity to move from principles to process in the governance of AI in the EU. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/678de468-66fc-42f7-bfcb-908b476c5986
- author
- Larsson, Stefan LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-02-10
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- AI in the EU, Ethics guidelines, Trustworthy AI, high-level expert group on artificial intelligence, AI policy, European Commission, artificial intelligence, technology and society
- host publication
- The European Union and the Technology Shift
- series title
- Palgrave Macmillan
- editor
- Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Antonina ; Leijon, Karin ; Michalski, Anna and Oxelheim, Lars
- pages
- 25 pages
- publisher
- Springer Nature
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85110200205
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-63671-5
- 978-3-030-63672-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-63672-2_4
- project
- Ramverk för Hållbar AI
- Automated decision-making – Nordic perspectives
- AI Transparency and Consumer Trust
- AIR Lund - Artificially Intelligent use of Registers
- Lund University AI Research
- AI in the EU: Towards a trustworthy development of artificial intelligence
- AI-förordningen - mellan fixering och flexibilitet
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Stefan Larsson is a lawyer (LLM), senior lecturer and Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at the Department of Technology and Society, Lund University, Sweden. His multidisciplinary research focuses on issues of trust and transparency on digital, data-driven markets, and the socio-legal impact of autonomous and AI-driven technologies.
- id
- 678de468-66fc-42f7-bfcb-908b476c5986
- date added to LUP
- 2020-09-28 13:53:12
- date last changed
- 2024-12-13 09:15:01
@inbook{678de468-66fc-42f7-bfcb-908b476c5986, abstract = {{This chapter examines ethical guidelines as a tool for the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). Analysing the European development towards a trustworthy AI, with a focus on the High-Level Expert Group on AI appointed by the European Commission, the chapter highlights the interaction between guidelines and law in light of technological advancements. It discusses why contemporary AI has led to that the ethical framing has received such a prominent place. Applied AI, here argued, must be understood from its interaction with social structures and human expressions, leading to a need of a multidisciplinary understanding for its governance. Via an analysis of AIs definitional struggles, as well as the related notions of risk and transparency, the chapter concludes by stressing the necessity to move from principles to process in the governance of AI in the EU.}}, author = {{Larsson, Stefan}}, booktitle = {{The European Union and the Technology Shift}}, editor = {{Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Antonina and Leijon, Karin and Michalski, Anna and Oxelheim, Lars}}, isbn = {{978-3-030-63671-5}}, keywords = {{AI in the EU; Ethics guidelines; Trustworthy AI; high-level expert group on artificial intelligence; AI policy; European Commission; artificial intelligence; technology and society}}, language = {{eng}}, month = {{02}}, pages = {{85--110}}, publisher = {{Springer Nature}}, series = {{Palgrave Macmillan}}, title = {{AI in the EU: Ethical Guidelines as a Governance Tool}}, url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/126711777/Larsson_2021_AI_in_the_EU_Ethical_Guidelines_as_a_Governance_Tool.pdf}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-63672-2_4}}, year = {{2021}}, }