Monday, November 1, 2021

NATO Review - An Artificial Intelligence Strategy for NATO

NATO Review - An Artificial Intelligence Strategy for NATO: "Allies and NATO commit to ensuring that the AI applications they develop and consider for deployment will be in accordance with the following six principles: 
  1.  Lawfulness: AI applications will be developed and used in accordance with national and international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights law, as applicable. 
  2.  Responsibility and Accountability: AI applications will be developed and used with appropriate levels of judgment and care; clear human responsibility shall apply in order to ensure accountability. 
  3.  Explainability and Traceability: AI applications will be appropriately understandable and transparent, including through the use of review methodologies, sources, and procedures. This includes verification, assessment and validation mechanisms at either a NATO and/or national level. 
  4.  Reliability: AI applications will have explicit, well-defined use cases. The safety, security, and robustness of such capabilities will be subject to testing and assurance within those use cases across their entire life cycle, including through established NATO and/or national certification procedures. 
  5.  Governability: AI applications will be developed and used according to their intended functions and will allow for: appropriate human-machine interaction; the ability to detect and avoid unintended consequences; and the ability to take steps, such as disengagement or deactivation of systems, when such systems demonstrate unintended behaviour. 
  6.  Bias Mitigation: Proactive steps will be taken to minimise any unintended bias in the development and use of AI applications and in data sets."