Challenges and Opportunities in the Responsible Use of AI and Human-Computer Interaction

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fraught with ethical challenges as we increasingly start to use and rely on AI in society. Despite the potential promises of AI to enhance human abilities and increase how Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) utilizes HUMAN-centered inputs, issues arise wherein AI or its outputs violate human ethics and/or social norms. In response, the academic, industrial, and military research communities have advocated for increased research to understand how to best develop, test, and use AI technologies and their outputs in ways that are consistent with our ideals, values and morals. Fields of inquiry, such as machine ethics, have burgeoned as a result. Yet, moral and ethical challenges associated with AI and HCI persist. Recent literature on AI ethics and responsible use of AI remains limited to a small number of principles. HCI requires considering a larger number of principles for human-centered design, or even the incorporation of ethics and values more holistically, yet remains limited without a solid, more inclusive scientific foundation. The current panel will bring together diverse perspectives in discussing issues associated with research related to the responsible use of AI and HCI. The participants, along with the expert panelists, will play a key role in shaping the direction of the conversation through active participation.