Last week @AgnesSchim presented the first iteration of our ethics roadmap to the whole company. We might still be pre-series A but we believe ethics needs to be baked in from the start!
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
Last year we codified the values and principles that guide our work as a mission-driven company.
As we continue developing our products and ML we are now taking the next steps to integrate ethical considerations into our daily operations.
As we continue developing our products and ML we are now taking the next steps to integrate ethical considerations into our daily operations.
After her research last summer on #AIEthics for systemic issues (paper presented at #NeurIPS2019 workshop) @AgnesSchim built on this to develop an internal ethics framework to uphold those principles and embed them in the company.
The short-term steps include gateway questions tailored to each team to ensure ethical implications are considered in decision-making processes. Another step is scenario planning exercises to help us anticipate potential positive and negative impacts from our product.
The roadmap also covers what we plan to do in the medium & long term, since our ethics work needs to scale along with the company. Therefore the discussion included a question around embedding ethics into the company’s DNA to ensure continuity and long-term commitment 🧬
This is still very much work in progress and as the company grows and changes, so will the ethics framework. Yet we think it’s important to share this work even as we are figuring it out🙂
We’d love to hear from other #startups and organisations who have taken a similar approach!
We’d love to hear from other #startups and organisations who have taken a similar approach!
