Key Insights

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  Responsible AI must keep humans in ultimate control, ensuring accountability and trust.

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  AI systems reflect inherent human biases present in training data and algorithms, making complete objectivity impossible.

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  Speculative design and harm anticipation help prevent or mitigate unintended negative consequences in AI systems.

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  Human-machine teaming requires clear responsibilities, transparency, and trust calibration to avoid overtrust or distrust.

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  Continuous and critical oversight is essential to manage AI's dynamic, evolving nature and changing contexts over time.

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  Diverse teams with psychological safety are more likely to spot biases, innovate, and engage in ethical conversations.

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  Technical ethics frameworks like the Montreal Declaration enable teams to navigate ethical dilemmas beyond personal opinions.

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  Real-world AI systems are dynamic and can change with retraining and new data; stable expectations are unrealistic.

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  Designing for usability includes making unsafe actions difficult and safe actions easy, supporting safe human control.

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  AI systems must allow humans to override and unplug them, especially in high-stakes decisions involving life, health, and reputation.

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