The Case for AI Impact Assessments Before Deployment

The gap between ethical intention and ethical outcome is bridged by process, not aspiration. Organizations that have ethical AI principles but no ethical AI processes have principles in name only. When we talk about AI ethics, we are really talking about power: who...

The Fiduciary Duty of AI Governance

AI ethics is not a constraint on innovation. It is a quality standard for innovation. An AI system that produces biased outcomes, violates privacy, or makes unexplainable decisions is not a good system that happens to be unethical. It is a bad system. Every AI...

The Case for Slow AI: Why Deliberation Matters

AI ethics is not a constraint on innovation. It is a quality standard for innovation. An AI system that produces biased outcomes, violates privacy, or makes unexplainable decisions is not a good system that happens to be unethical. It is a bad system. Every AI...

AI and the Erosion of Professional Judgment

Every AI deployment makes implicit ethical choices. The training data encodes values. The objective function prioritizes outcomes. The deployment context determines who is affected. Pretending these choices are purely technical is itself an ethical position, and not a...

When AI Replaces Human Judgment: The Moral Hazard

The gap between ethical intention and ethical outcome is bridged by process, not aspiration. Organizations that have ethical AI principles but no ethical AI processes have principles in name only. When we talk about AI ethics, we are really talking about power: who...

Responsible AI Deployment in Healthcare Settings

The fundamental challenge of AI ethics is not knowing what is right. It is building organizations that consistently do what is right when doing so is inconvenient, expensive, or slow. Ethics is easy in the abstract. It is difficult in the quarterly planning meeting....

Why Voluntary AI Standards Are Not Enough

AI ethics is not a constraint on innovation. It is a quality standard for innovation. An AI system that produces biased outcomes, violates privacy, or makes unexplainable decisions is not a good system that happens to be unethical. It is a bad system. The fundamental...