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Ability to Appeal

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Ability to Restrict Processing

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Accountability

Accountability in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the professional practices and legal...

Agency

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Agentic systems / AI agents

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AI & Hiring

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AI as Infrastructure

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AI Ethics

Defining the field.

AI Lifecycle

Audit points in the AI lifecycle refer to critical checkpoints where assessments can be conducted...

AI TRiSM

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Algorithm

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Algorithmic Bias

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Algorithmic Fairness Testing Tools

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Allocative Harms

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Anonymization

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Anthropomorphism

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ART: Arts and Culture

The Arts and Culture sector encompasses organizations, institutions, and individuals involved in the creation, preservation,...

Artificial General Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence

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Asilomar AI Principles

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Attribution

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Auditing Algorithms

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Augmentation v. Automation

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Automated Decision Systems

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Automated Machine Learning

Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) refers to the process of automating the application of machine learning...

Automating Tasks, Not Jobs

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Autonomous Vehicles

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Autonomous Weapons

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Autonomy

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Belmont Report

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Beneficence

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Bias

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Big Data

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Biometrics

Biometrics refers to the automated recognition of individuals based on their unique physiological and behavioral...

Black Box

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Bullying

Bullying in AI refers to the misuse or manipulation of artificial intelligence technologies, particularly generative...

BUS: Business Sectors

The Business Sectors encompass a wide range of industries and enterprises engaged in commercial, industrial,...

C

California Consumer Privacy Act

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Catastrophic Forgetting

Catastrophic forgetting, also known as catastrophic interference, is a phenomenon in artificial neural networks where...

Chatbot

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CIA Triad

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Co-intelligence

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Cognitive Computing

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Colorado Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence

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COM: Media and Communication

The Media and Communication sector encompasses organizations, platforms, and individuals involved in the creation, dissemination,...

Common Sense Open-Ended Plausible Answers

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Computer Vision

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Consent

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Constitutional AI

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Content Credentials

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Contextual Integrity

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Control

Fjeld, Achten, Hilligoss, Nagy, Srikumar write, “Control over the use of data” as a principle...

CPA: Consumer Protection and Advocacy

The Consumer Protection and Advocacy sector encompasses organizations and entities dedicated to safeguarding the rights...

D

Data Augmentation

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Data Mining

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Data Protection Officers

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Data Science

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Data-centric Engineering

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Database

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Decision Networks

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Deep Learning

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Deep Reinforcement Learning

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Deepfake

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DEF: Defense and Military

The Defense and Military sector encompasses all national efforts related to the protection of a...

Design Thinking

Design thinking for AI.

Deterministic Algorithm

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Dictionary Learning

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Diffusion

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Digital Citizenship

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Digital Exclusion

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Digital Pulse Processing

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Digital Twin

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Dignity

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Discriminative AI

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Disparate Impact

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Disparate Treatment

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EDU: Education and Research

The Education and Research sector encompasses institutions and organizations dedicated to teaching, learning, and scholarly...

Emergent Behavior

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End-to-End Learning

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ENV: Environmental and Energy

The Environmental and Energy sector encompasses organizations and entities involved in managing natural resources, producing...

Environmental Responsibility

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Equality

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Ethics Washing

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Evaluation

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Explainability

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Explainable AI

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Explicability

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Fairness

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FIN: Financial Services

The Financial Services sector encompasses institutions and organizations involved in managing money, providing financial products,...

Fine Tuning

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Foundation Model

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Freedom

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Freedom and Autonomy

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Gaslighting

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Gaslighting in AI

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General Data Protection Regulation

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Generation 1

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Generation 2

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Generation 3

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Generations of Human Rights

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Generative Adversarial Network

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Generative Artificial Intelligence

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Generative Machine Learning

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Generative Pre-trained Transformer

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GOV: Government and Public Sector

The Government and Public Sector encompasses all institutions and organizations that are part of the...

Guardrails

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Hallucination

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HHH

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HLTH: Healthcare and Public Health

The Healthcare and Public Health sector encompasses all organizations and entities involved in delivering health...

Horizontal Legislation

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Human Alternatives

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Human Control

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Human Oversight

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Human-in-the-Loop

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Image Generation

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Insecure Output Handling

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INTL: International Organizations and Relations

The International Organizations and Relations sector encompasses entities that operate across national borders to address...

J

Justice

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Justice in AI

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K

K-anonymity

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L

Large Language Models (LLMs)

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LAW: Legal and Law Enforcement

The Legal and Law Enforcement sector encompasses institutions and organizations responsible for upholding the law,...

M

Machine Learning

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Monitoring Body

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Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that focuses on the...

Non-discrimination

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Open Government Procurement

Open Government Procurement refers to the principle that governments should be transparent and accountable in...

P

Panopticon

The Panopticon, when applied to the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), refers to a metaphorical...

Parameters

In the context of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in machine learning and deep learning, parameters...

Q

Q-learning

A reinforcement learning algorithm that enables an agent to learn the value of actions in...

R

REG: Regulatory and Oversight Bodies

The Regulatory and Oversight Bodies sector encompasses organizations responsible for creating, implementing, and enforcing regulations,...

Responsible AI Safety and Effectiveness (RAISE) Benchmarks

The Responsible AI Safety and Effectiveness (RAISE) Benchmarks are a comprehensive set of criteria and...

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

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Safety

Safety in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the principle that AI systems...

Self-Reflection Technology

Coined by Dr. Nathan C. Walker, the principal investigator of the AI Ethics Lab at...

SOC: Social Services and Housing

The Social Services and Housing sector encompasses organizations and agencies dedicated to providing support, assistance,...

Surveillance

Surveillance refers to the systematic monitoring, collection, and analysis of data regarding individuals or groups,...

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TECH: Technology and IT

The Technology and IT sector encompasses companies and organizations involved in the development, production, and...

Temperature

Temperature in the context of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in generative models like language models,...

TRAN: Transportation and Infrastructure

The Transportation and Infrastructure sector encompasses organizations and entities involved in the movement of people...

Trolley Problem

Trolley Problem is a classic ethical thought experiment that raises questions about moral decision-making and...

U

Unsupervised Learning

Unsupervised Learning is a type of machine learning, a subset of artificial intelligence (AI), where...

V

Value Sensitive Design

Value Sensitive Design (VSD) is an approach to technology development that systematically incorporates human values...

Values Alignment

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W

Weak AI (Narrow AI)

Weak AI, also known as Narrow AI, refers to artificial intelligence systems designed to perform...

WORK: Employment and Labor

The Employment and Labor sector encompasses organizations, institutions, and entities involved in the facilitation of...

X

XAI (eXplainable AI)

eXplainable AI (XAI) are AI systems that provide clear, understandable insights into how they reach...

Y

Yielding AI Systems

Yielding AI Systems are designed to defer to human judgment or control, especially in critical...

Z

Zero-Shot Learning (ZSL)

Zero-Shot Learning (ZSL) is a machine learning paradigm in artificial intelligence (AI) where a model...