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“This is Just a Prototype”: How Ethics Are Ignored in Software Startup-Like Environments
Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions are becoming increasingly common in software development endeavors, and consequently exert a growing societal influence as well. Due to their unique nature, AI based systems influence a wide range of stakeholders with or without their consent, and thus the deve...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251612/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49392-9_13 |
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author | Vakkuri, Ville Kemell, Kai-Kristian Jantunen, Marianna Abrahamsson, Pekka |
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description | Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions are becoming increasingly common in software development endeavors, and consequently exert a growing societal influence as well. Due to their unique nature, AI based systems influence a wide range of stakeholders with or without their consent, and thus the development of these systems necessitates a higher degree of ethical consideration than is currently carried out in most cases. Various practical examples of AI failures have also highlighted this need. However, there is only limited research on methods and tools for implementing AI ethics in software development, and we currently have little knowledge of the state of practice. In this study, we explore the state of the art in startup-like environments where majority of the AI software today gets developed. Based on a multiple case study, we discuss the current state of practice and highlight issues. The cases underline the complete ignorance of ethical consideration in AI endeavors. We also outline existing good practices that can already support the implementation of AI ethics, such as documentation and error handling. |
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spelling | pubmed-72516122020-05-27 “This is Just a Prototype”: How Ethics Are Ignored in Software Startup-Like Environments Vakkuri, Ville Kemell, Kai-Kristian Jantunen, Marianna Abrahamsson, Pekka Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming Article Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions are becoming increasingly common in software development endeavors, and consequently exert a growing societal influence as well. Due to their unique nature, AI based systems influence a wide range of stakeholders with or without their consent, and thus the development of these systems necessitates a higher degree of ethical consideration than is currently carried out in most cases. Various practical examples of AI failures have also highlighted this need. However, there is only limited research on methods and tools for implementing AI ethics in software development, and we currently have little knowledge of the state of practice. In this study, we explore the state of the art in startup-like environments where majority of the AI software today gets developed. Based on a multiple case study, we discuss the current state of practice and highlight issues. The cases underline the complete ignorance of ethical consideration in AI endeavors. We also outline existing good practices that can already support the implementation of AI ethics, such as documentation and error handling. 2020-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7251612/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49392-9_13 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. |
spellingShingle | Article Vakkuri, Ville Kemell, Kai-Kristian Jantunen, Marianna Abrahamsson, Pekka “This is Just a Prototype”: How Ethics Are Ignored in Software Startup-Like Environments |
title | “This is Just a Prototype”: How Ethics Are Ignored in Software Startup-Like Environments |
title_full | “This is Just a Prototype”: How Ethics Are Ignored in Software Startup-Like Environments |
title_fullStr | “This is Just a Prototype”: How Ethics Are Ignored in Software Startup-Like Environments |
title_full_unstemmed | “This is Just a Prototype”: How Ethics Are Ignored in Software Startup-Like Environments |
title_short | “This is Just a Prototype”: How Ethics Are Ignored in Software Startup-Like Environments |
title_sort | “this is just a prototype”: how ethics are ignored in software startup-like environments |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251612/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49392-9_13 |
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