Topic
U.S. Intelligence Community
5 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2019
Starting around 2019, the intelligence community wrote principles for AI ethics adapted from existing principles for ethical intelligence.
“starting in about 2019, we wrote the principles for intelligence transparency, and those principles were based on, you know, general, uh, principles for ethical intelligence that had been around for a while.”
Jacqueline Acker · AI Ethics, Governance, Responsible AI: Views from the CIA's Deputy Privacy Officer | #863, 0:07:20
2019
Acker said the intelligence community's AI ethics framework was developed with data scientists, lawyers and people from what she recalled as 17 intelligence community agencies.
“we worked really hard with data scientists, lawyers, and people from, eh, at the time, I think it was 17 different intelligence community agencies.”
Jacqueline Acker · AI Ethics, Governance, Responsible AI: Views from the CIA's Deputy Privacy Officer | #863, 0:08:05
2020
The intelligence community's AI ethics framework was signed in June 2020.
“It got signed in 2020, um, in June, which was a kind of a crazy time.”
Jacqueline Acker · AI Ethics, Governance, Responsible AI: Views from the CIA's Deputy Privacy Officer | #863, 0:08:58
Undated
Acker said the intelligence community cannot always be fully transparent because it must protect sources and methods.
“in the intelligence community, we can't always be as transparent as we would like because we have to keep sources and methods safe.”
Jacqueline Acker · AI Ethics, Governance, Responsible AI: Views from the CIA's Deputy Privacy Officer | #863, 0:16:35
Undated
The intelligence community's AI ethics framework includes a full section of questions on mitigating undesired bias.
“our IC AI ethics framework, um, has an entire section on mitigating undesired bias, uh, and has a set of questions there.”
Jacqueline Acker · AI Ethics, Governance, Responsible AI: Views from the CIA's Deputy Privacy Officer | #863, 0:25:21