Taking responsibility – despite, with and because of AI

Recently it became known that the system prompt at xAI was manipulated and the xAI AI โ€œGrokโ€ reported for hours about a genocide in South Africa that did not even exist(https://lnkd.in/egr-g_GD).

๐——๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎฬˆ๐˜๐˜‡๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐˜€-๐—ฆ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ž๐—œ-๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‡๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜‡๐˜‚ ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป.

In the AI environment, this happens on various levels:

– ๐—ž๐—œ- ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐˜-๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ are responsible for their products (including training data, functionality, bias, ethics, correctness)

– ๐—ก๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ must be aware that they are responsible for the results they have created with AI if they continue to use them

– ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป must bear responsibility for the products used, data flows and employee qualifications

– ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ are responsible for the software components, prompts and services used

– ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป are responsible for a suitable IT contract and appropriate terms of use

– ๐—•๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป are responsible for communicating and sharpening the handling of AI and all associated framework conditions

– ๐—˜๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป have a responsibility to protect their children, but also to motivate them

– The ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ธ is responsible for creating a framework in which a sensible approach to AI is possible in all these dimensions.

So much โ€œresponsibilityโ€ can almost make you a little dizzy. Nevertheless, the first step is to be aware of this responsibility. ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜‡, ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—œ.

I myself am responsible for the area of โ€œAI and future technologiesโ€ at the PFH Private University of Applied Sciences Gรถttingen. At Streitz Hoppen & Partner – IT-Sachverstรคndige, I work on expert reports in the field of AI, in close coordination with lawyers. I’ve also had experience with โ€œresponsibilityโ€ in the other roles mentioned above, so I know very well how difficult it can be…

I am always reassured by the following thought:
๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ.
๐—ข๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜.
๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต’๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ต๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป.

… because burying your head in the sand is definitely not going to work with AI.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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