Ten Heuristics for Mindful AI

Five years ago, I was supposed to be the keynote speaker for DesignUp a huge design conference usually held in India. I didn’t end up going to the conference — some visa snapfu — but I was interviewed by it’s conference magazine writer on responsible AI and ethics. See that interview here.

At that time I was distancing myself from the word “ethics,” because it felt to morality-laced. Also AI Ethics as a philosophy brought up complicated questions like whose ethics should be prioritized. Are principles ever universal and culturally aligned? And can there be one overall rule over…