Ethics in AI : software development companies' ethical practices in AI development
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Tämä ankkuroidun menetelmän avulla tehty tutkimus tutkii etiikan ja tekoälykehityksen suhdetta sovelluskehitysyrityksissä aloittaen yksinkertaisesti kysyen: Onko etiikalla roolia tekoälykehityksessä? Tutkimus perustuu valmiiksi kerättyyn kyselyaineistoon ja se käyttää laajasti aiempaa tutkimusta pohjanaan tekoälyn ja etiikan suhdetta tutkiessaan. Perustuen aiempaan tutkimukseen ja aineistoon tutkimus huomasi, että etiikalla on rooli tekoälykehityksessä, mutta rooli jää edelleen vain tasolle, että sen olemassaolo ja tarve tunnistetaan, mutta se ei ole vielä tavoittanut pääasiallista roolia tekoälykehityksessä. Esimerkiksi tilivelvollisuus, vastuullisuus, läpinäkyvyys ja ennustettavuus tunnistettiin monissa kyselyyn vastanneissa yrityksissä tärkeiksi käsitteiksi ja toimiksi, mutta nämä neljä tekoälyn etiikan peruskäsitettä eivät näkyneet kaikkien yritysten jokapäiväisissä kehitysprosesseissa. This research uses the Grounded Theory Method to inspect the relationship between ethics and Ai development practices, starting simply by asking: ”Does ethics play a role in AI Development?”. The research is based on already collected survey data and it uses previous research widely as its base when inspecting the relationship between ethics and AI. Based on the previous research and the survey data the research found that ethics do play a role in AI development. However, the role of ethics is still on the level of its existence and necessity are recognised, but it has not yet reached a main role in AI development. For example, Accountability, Responsibility, Transparency and Predictability were recognised as important concepts and actions, however these four main concepts of AI Ethics weren’t visible in all organisations’ day to day development processes.
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