A computer can never be held accountable – Therefore a computer must never make a management decision

Problem with AI is that the developers and providers are so many layers behind technical processes such as models, algorithms, and data that it is almost like a firewall to shield them from accountability – Kevin “KB” Brown, CISSP, PMP Experienced AI, cybersecurity, and information technology leader

In 2017, i went to an Amazon Cloud meeting in London with a question, ‘what is the algorithmic transparency and accountability of this product’? The nervous, slightly cringe worthy body language came back with a reply ‘that’s too sensitive’ and then bizarrely a robot voice on the tannoy said ‘this meeting is now finished’

Afterwards someone, who said they were from Saudi Arabia, asked me how i knew to ask that question? I asked that question because i had cared enough to ask someone else ‘what the hell is going on here?’ And they knew what was going on…

Computers must NOT be offered or marketed as tools to make decisions that replace human accountability when human duties and accountability are legally established – Luiza Jarovsky, PhD