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Article

1 Feb 2018

Author:
Roya Pakzad, Medium

Interview with BSR re the responsibility of tech companies re artificial intelligence & emerging technologies

"Artificial intelligence and corporate social responsibility," 1 February 2018

"...The rapid advancement in AI technologies has opened up new challenges for companies with regards to their social responsibilities. A company whose motto once was to “move fast and break things” now finds itself compelled by their customers, civil society groups, governments, shareholders, and perhaps their own conscience to hit the brakes, look backward, and move cautiously toward future.

Dunstan Allison-Hope and the organization he’s a part of, BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), is one of those forces working to direct companies towards a better path in terms of their commitment to ethics, human rights, and sustainability. As a managing director at BSR, Dunstan has worked on diverse range of corporate social responsibility issues including privacy and freedom of expression, human rights, stakeholder engagement, and transparency reporting in different parts of the world.

Below is my conversation with Dunstan about tech companies’ social responsibility with regards to AI and other emerging technologies..."