Ethics Washing in AI: What Is Ethics Washing? And Why Does It Matter?
This blog post examines cases of ethics washing. As many developers have promised, AI is proving to be disruptive. Some organizations have made good-faith attempts to voluntarily implement guardrails and protections that identify and mitigate risks. In other cases, AI organizations have attempted to assuage fears by advertising commitments to ethics, responsibility, and trustworthiness - and then failed to follow through on those commitments.