The City of Seattle has recently released a Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy which shows guidelines for city employees on the responsible use of AI. The new policy aligns with President Biden’s Executive Order regarding AI announced earlier this week. By establishing clear guidelines, the policy aims to ensure that AI systems are used ethically, transparently, and with accountability.
President Biden’s Executive Order focuses on new standards for AI developers to prioritize safety and security, protect Americans’ privacy, advance equity, protecting workers, and more. Seattle Deputy Mayor Greg Wong was in Washington D.C. for the announcement to support these new guidelines.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said, “As a city, we have a responsibility to both embrace new technology that can improve our service while keeping a close eye on what matters – our communities and their data and privacy. This policy is the outcome of our One Seattle approach to cross-sector collaboration and will help guide our use of this new technology for years to come.”
The seven governing principles laid out in the New policy includes:
-Innovation and Sustainability
-Transparency and Accountability
-Validity and Reliability
-Bias and Harm Reduction and Fairness
-Privacy Enhancing
-Explainability and Interpretability
-Security and Resiliency
The City policy applies to generative AI, which is a special type of AI technology. Generative AI produces new content for user requests and prompts by learning from large amounts of data called a “large language model.” AI can produce content that most will think was done by a human. Many will question the ethics, safety, accuracy of the content.
