By: Dr. Mohamed Abdulzaher
Academic and Artificial Intelligence Journalism pioneer
Do you think Artificial Intelligence technologies can be controlled by global policies and regulations? Is it possible to coin a concept for of Artificial Intelligence Journalism governance to manage AI tools and solutions in media, and to create Artificial Intelligence Journalism Code of Ethics?
Two years ago, I have started talking about Artificial Intelligence journalism, the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and why we need code of ethics for AI journalism, and standards of professional conduct and policies to control all of these technologies.
Today, the world is talking strongly about the importance of code of ethics for Artificial Intelligence in general.
Likewise, the media should have an Artificial Intelligence Journalism code of ethics.
Academic and Artificial Intelligence Journalism pioneer
The increasing use of AI and autonomous systems will have revolutionary effects on human society. Despite many benefits, AI and autonomous systems involve considerable risks that must be managed well to take advantage of their benefits while protecting ethical values as defined in fundamental rights and basic constitutional principles, thereby preserve a human -centric society. ((World Economic Forum).
World desperately needs Artificial Intelligence Journalism Professional Code of Ethics after many media, and content platforms have started to use many of the AI Journalism tools such as; BBC, Facebook, Twitter, Bloomberg, Washington Post CNN, and many others are using artificial intelligence techniques to produce specialized and fast-moving media content, which will drive the world to create and develop projects that comply with fundamental ethical principles and values in AI Journalism.
Likewise, the Artificial Intelligence Journalism for Research and Forecasting (AIJRF), as the leading UAE-based institution is providing solutions, information and knowledge for artificial intelligence journalism, taking advantage of the great progress achieved by the UAE in this field, as the UAE has become a global laboratory for all future technologies in cooperation with the World Economic Forum.
Artificial Intelligence Journalism Code of Ethics
The Artificial Intelligence Journalism Professional Code of Ethics means regulations and policies which are managing the professional practices of AI technologies in media, communicators, the public itself, and how these technologies can be used in accordance with human ethics, in line with human values.
For instance, how we can use the 3D printing in media, without compromising human privacy, without photographing or embodying events, news, or content harmful to the public.
How to rely on Robotization of Marketing without publishing private information about the target audience, or analyzing its data in a way that may cause harm to the community, or cause psychological damage to people and society.
The Artificial Intelligence Journalism for Research and Forecasting (AIJRF), has already begun drafting Artificial Intelligence Journalism Professional Code of Ethics regarding how to integrate the technologies of the Fourth or Fifth Industrial Revolutions into the new media revolution, whether AI journalism or 7G journalism.
The development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can bring about many benefits – from transforming businesses and improving labour productivity to enhancing quality of life. However, there is an increasing concern regarding the risk of harm associated with the use of AI technologies if they are not deployed in a responsible manner, and the data within these models is not managed properly.
Many governments and international organizations have worked to outline ethical principles to govern the development and use of new technologies, with the aim to mitigate the risk of harm that these technologies might bring. Singapore issued the first edition of its Model AI Governance Framework (“Model Framework”), a sector-, technology- and algorithm-agnostic framework, which converts relevant ethical principles to implementable practices in an AI deployment process so that organizations can operationalize these principles. (World Economic Forum).
7G Journalism
Artificial Intelligence Journalism era, 7G Journalism and all media entities should conduct in depth risk–benefit assessments on the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies and autonomous systems and points out major concerns related to the world, such as possible job losses, potential damages they might cause, a lack of transparency, the increasing loss of humanity in social relationships, the loss of privacy and personal autonomy, information biases, as well as error proneness and susceptibility to the manipulation of AI and autonomous systems.
According to the World Economic Forum, Technical solutions alone are insufficient to ensure ethics permeate AI systems design, absent legal mandate and economic incentives. While legislation can incentivize competition, it is also limited by territorial and time-based constraints. This raises the importance of using alternative policy-making instruments that demonstrate “agile governance. Human-centric AI governance is a complex enterprise that requires leveraging mixed policy tools to address the multi-layered ethical concerns at play.