Ben Shneiderman featured in GeekWire Article on AI2 Policy Workshop

Emeritus Professor Ben Shneiderman has been featured in an article in GeekWire on the future of artificial intelligence policy in the United States. During a panel at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, moderated by AI2 CEO Oren Etzioni, Shneiderman proposed that a National Algorithms Safety Board that functions in a similar fashion to the National Transportation Saftey Board (NTSB). He suggests that is a possible model to ensure that proper action is taken during algorithmic failures. This NASB would have experts who could determine remedies to problems caused.  Shneiderman participated in a panel with Tracy Kosa of Seattle University and Moshe Vardi of Rice University.

Read  more about the panel and ensuing conversation.