Expert Answers | Why do we need ethics in AI?

Artificial intelligence expert Houssam Abbas explores questions of ethics in AI for applications like autonomous vehicles. He describes how his lab approaches the problem of programming ethics into AI.

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Houssam Abbas is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Oregon State University who also had a career in industry as a design automation engineer for Intel.

Areas of specialization
• Cyber-physical systems
• Algorithmic ethics
• Formal verification
• System testing

Education
• B.Eng. Computer and Communications Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2004
• M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2006
• Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2015
• Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania Electrical and Systems Engineering Department, 2015-18

Accomplishments
• 2022 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award.
• 2022 Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium participant.
• Co-led the F1/10 autonomous racing effort, which has grown into an international competition.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:19 - What is ethics in AI?
1:07 - How do you program ethics into AI?
2:12 - Is AI a threat to humanity?