Catalogue of Tools & Metrics for Trustworthy AI

These tools and metrics are designed to help AI actors develop and use trustworthy AI systems and applications that respect human rights and are fair, transparent, explainable, robust, secure and safe.

Ethically Aligned Design



Ethically Aligned Design

This document was developed by The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, which is an authorized Industry Connections activity within the IEEE Standards Association, a Major Organizational Unit of IEEE.

It was prepared using an open, collaborative, and consensus building approach, following the processes of the Industry Connections framework program of the IEEE Standards Association (standards.ieee.org/industry-connections). This process does not necessarily incorporate all comments or reflect the views of every contributor listed in the Acknowledgements above or after each chapter of this work.

The General Principles of Ethically Aligned Design have emerged through the continuous work of dedicated, open communities in a multi-year, creative, consensus-building process. They articulate high-level principles that should apply to all types of autonomous and intelligent systems (A/IS). Created to guide behavior and inform standards and policy making, the General Principles define imperatives for the ethical design, development, deployment, adoption, and decommissioning of autonomous and intelligent systems. The Principles consider the role of A/IS creators, i.e., those who design and manufacture, of operators, i.e., those with expertise specific to use of A/IS, other users, and any other stakeholders or affected parties.

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