Nikhil Deshpande, Georgia’s chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, said the state is currently developing its AI ethics guidelines with the help of an expert: Rose Procter, executive director of the TRUIST Center for AI. ethical leadership from the University of North Georgia. Deshpande said that even if no one in the state government is acting with bad intentions, it is still possible that undesirable results could occur if the state has not implemented thorough ethical guidelines regarding its uses of AI. “We see this on social media,” he said. “When social media came along, everyone rushed to adopt every new tool and app that came out, but we didn’t really think about the impact on kids. And now we see so many unfortunate events happening, and that’s where we think we should be ahead of the curve.
This video was recorded on October 1, 2024, during the National Association of State Chiefs Information Officers annual conference in New Orleans.