The Box is designed to help you visualize the ethical strengths and weaknesses of a technology. Once the weaknesses are identified, solutions can be created!
Start your evaluation of a technology by checking how strongly it protects and promotes ethical values.
- Click on the core principles (autonomy, harm-benefit, justice) to fold/unfold the related instrumental principles.
- Use the slider to rate the technology’s adherence to these principles.
- If an instrumental principle is not applicable, disable the slider using the N/A button.
For detailed information with a use-case, click How to use?
The Box
| None | Low | Medium | High | How to use? | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy | Human control / oversight | |||||
| Transparency | ||||||
| Explainability | ||||||
| Information | ||||||
| Agency | ||||||
| Consent | ||||||
| Privacy | ||||||
| Harm-Benefit | Accuracy / Reliability | |||||
| Security | ||||||
| Safety | ||||||
| Well-being | ||||||
| Impact | ||||||
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Justice | Distribution of burden & benefit | |||||
| Equality / Non-discrimination | ||||||
| Protecting the vulnerable | ||||||
| Accountability | ||||||
| Contestability | ||||||
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How to use the Box
The Box is a tool from our toolkit, Dynamics of AI Principles.
Read our manual to learn about the idea behind the Box, how to use it (with a use-case), and which questions to ask to understand each principle.
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Cite Our Work
AI Ethics Lab,Toolbox: Dynamics of AI Principles, February 2020, http://aiethicslab.com/big-picture/
AI Ethics Lab,”Tool: The Box”, Toolbox: Dynamics of AI Principles, June 2020, http://aiethicslab.com/the-box/
Canca,“Operationalizing AI Ethics Principles”,Communications of the ACM, Volume 63, Number 12, 2020 (forthcoming)
AI Ethics Lab,”Tool: The Box”, Toolbox: Dynamics of AI Principles, June 2020, http://aiethicslab.com/the-box/
Canca,“Operationalizing AI Ethics Principles”,Communications of the ACM, Volume 63, Number 12, 2020 (forthcoming)