Our Vision
The SHERPA Vision : Ethics as integral to excellence in AI
A world where excellent AI and smart information systems support human flourishing by
- integrating ethical concerns by design, and
- safeguarding human rights
Achieving this vision will benefit individuals and consumers, and strengthen trust in AI systems.
These pages explain the SHERPA project recommendations to achieve this vision.
Recommendations to achieve this vision...
These recommendations aim to ensure that ethical and human rights issues of AI are recognised and addressed. They are based on the work of the EU project SHERPA. They are based on the view of AI as a set of overlapping ecosystems. In order to steer these ecosystems, three main conditions should be fulfilled:
Concepts need to be clear and the ecosystems need to be clearly delineated
There must be a sustainable knowledge base of technical, but also social, ethical and legal aspects
Governance of AI ecosystems should set the framework and support individuals and organisations
These three groups of recommendations each contain several individual recommendations as outlined here.
Recommendations
- All
- Concepts
- Ecosystem Governance
- Knowledge Base
Conceptual Clarity
Use appropriate and clear definitions of AI and digital technology​
Ethics by Design
Promote Ethics by Design for researchers in EC-funded projects
Education on AI and Ethics
Create training and education pathways that include ethics and human rights in AI
Regulatory Framework
Develop a regulatory framework and enforcement mechanisms for AI
European Agency for AI
Establish an independent European Union Agency for AI.
AI Ethics Officer
Establish role of AI (Ethics) Officer in organisations