Should a Data Officer be held criminally responsible for AI’s actions? Big Insights on Big Data

Big Insights on Big Data from Raj Dalal

Should a Data Officer be held criminally responsible for AI's actions?

In this episode I talk to Raj Dalal, Founder and CDO Advisor at Big Insights, Sydney. He crafts digital strategies using data & AI technologies and techniques for his clients. Raj is also the convener of BigInsights Data Innovation Awards which recognise leaders in industry that are driving innovation and business value using Data, AI and IoT technologies.

This interview was earlier recorded for a YouTube Channel, MoveConversations, managed by my friend Mrigank Ojha and I.

In this interview we begin with an introduction to Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for the uninitiated and move to discussing “The Slope of Enlightenment”.

We talk about the use of data and AI in Banking and Financial Services Sector, in the electronic gaming industry, in marketing, acquiring and working with a “720 degree” view of the customer, its use in warehouse management, and much more.

We talk about recent AI debacles such as reversal of A-level and GCSE grades in England that were blamed on biased algorithms and the ministry relying on Artificial Intelligence.

If Banks have an officer who is held criminally responsible when things go wrong, should we have an officer held similarly responsible when things go wrong with a company’s AI?

Should we focus on narrow AI for the next few years rather than general AI? And finally, what should be the role of governments in adoption of AI and regulating them?