Responsible Tech

“Nordic engineers – Ambassadors for development of responsible AI.”

Developing sustainable, transparent & responsible tech

The Nordics are highly digitalised societies, and this is an ongoing process. However, further digitalisation must be based on sustainable digital infrastructure, and engineers and STEM professionals have a crucial role in developing this. The infrastructure affects all parts of society and our democratic understanding, especially in a data-driven and globally connected world.
ANE advocates for an increased focus on distributed responsibility to protect the developers, strong explainability of systems for accountability, and the creation of safe spaces, both at workplaces and at a national level, to discuss and design distributed responsibility.

Focusing on human decisions in AI

Our role as engineers, IT- and STEM professionals is to innovate. But this should not stop us from being part of the discussion of the future of technology. We have the expert knowledge and the ability to ask critical questions about innovative technology developments and discuss the ethical perspectives of new technology.

The engineers are the developers, designers, and often the AI systems managers. ANE works with other stakeholders to provide spaces to discuss the development of new technology and the need for governance systems that secure the responsible use of technology.

Publications

Report – Nordic engineers’ stand on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics

Nordic engineers’ stand on AI and ethics presents the deliberations resulting from the ANE AI & ethics hackathon held in September 2018, facilitated and developed jointly with the IT University of Copenhagen.

Read the report (pdf)

Report – Addressing Ethical Dilemmas in AI: Listening to Engineers

Published in January 2021, the report voices engineers’ concerns and presents their recommendations in the final report from the second AI hackathon in 2020. Engineers assert that they are ready to take responsibility for tackling ethical dilemmas in AI, but they can’t shoulder the responsibility alone.

Read more and see the report

Policy recommendations and guidelines – Nordic engineers’ stand on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics

Summary of the proposed actions for ethical conduct for AI development and implementation from the Hackathon: Nordic engineers’ stand on AI and ethics.

Read the recommendations (pdf)

Past events

Surveillance and tracking webinar 2020

The webinar on the European approaches to data surveillance and tracking in the light of Covid-19 was organised in cooperation with the Danish Society of Engineers, IDA to discuss how the technology and data-driven decisions introduced in times of crises have an impact on our human rights and privacy. 
Listen to the recording (ida.dk website)

Snowden interview at CPH:DOX 2020

Engineers are responsible when it comes to informing the public on benefits and downsides of the new technology they create. Therefore, ANE jointly with the Danish Society of Engineers, IDA sponsored the interview with Edward Snowden at the documentary film festival, CPH DOX, to bring the discussion on AI matters closer to a broader public.
Watch the interview (YouTube)

Ethical AI session at Techfestival 2019

The session Ethical AI: Actioning a Nordic stronghold together was organised in cooperation with the Nordic Council of Ministers to get valuable input from society dwellers and collaboratively craft specific action points to determine the next steps from a Nordic perspective.
See the summary of the session (pdf)