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Filling gaps in trustworthy development of AI
Shahar Avin1, Haydn Belfield1,2, Miles Brundage3
1Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 9, 2021
Summary
Concrete mechanisms like incident sharing and auditing can verify the trustworthiness of actors in digital systems. These processes enhance accountability and build confidence in system participants.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Information Security
Background:
- Verifying the trustworthiness of actors in digital systems is crucial for security and reliability.
- Current methods for actor verification may lack transparency or robustness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore concrete mechanisms for verifying actor trustworthiness.
- To propose incident sharing and auditing as key verification tools.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of trust mechanisms.
- Review of existing incident sharing and auditing practices.
Main Results:
- Incident sharing provides a transparent record of actor behavior.
- Auditing offers a systematic way to assess actor compliance and reliability.
- Combined, these mechanisms offer a robust framework for trust verification.
Conclusions:
- Implementing incident sharing and auditing can significantly enhance the verifiable trustworthiness of actors.
- These mechanisms are essential for building secure and reliable digital ecosystems.
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