I am researching encounters of ethical problems in AI - and what happens when people speak up.
Confidentially.
Focusing on the voices of people labelled "complainers" and "difficult". Who are pushed out, burnt out, or leave. Who could not speak up, but who want to share what happened, and how things could have been.
It is a common project to create AI systems that serve all of us. "If we put ourselves in the same room, how much knowledge we would have! ... Together, we are dangerous. " -Sara Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life
This research pairs hard truths with visions for how AI ethics could be. We need both, to make the world we want.
"The way that hope is most often grounded in memory, because you can't see the future but you can understand the patterns and possibilities if you know the past." -Rebecca Solnit, No Straight Road Takes You There
Your story matters
How I protect your confidentiality
You will be anonymous
No details will be included that could identify you.
The point of this research is to center the voices of people who speak up, not to identify or punish people or organizations.
You can change your mind
If you change your mind after you share your story - that is fine. This is your story.
No data in the cloud; no AI
I transcribe stories by hand, and once I do, I delete all details that could identify you. Then I delete the recording file.
I don't put any data into an AI system.
All of my writing is saved locally, not on the cloud.
Independent research
I am conducting this research unaffiliated to any institution, in order to have no reporting or documentation obligations.
Share with me:
Problems & failures
Stories of ethics concerns that were ignored, dismissed, or punished. What you saw, what you said, and what happened next.
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Safety concerns overridden by product launch pressure
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Bias discovered but not addressed
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Ethics reviews that were never meant to see daylight
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Retaliation after speaking up
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Marketing campaigns about ethical AI
Share with me:
Successes & hope
Times when the right thing happened. Visions of how AI should be developed, sold, and used ethically. Stories that give you hope.
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A team that listened and changed course
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An accountability model you admire
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Your vision for ethical AI
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Identifying discrimination and changing the product
How can you share your story?
However you feel most comfortable. Some write, some meet with me online, some meet in-person.
Your confidentiality is the most important.
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Trondheim, Norway
My name is Ley Muller
I publish under Ashley E. Muller
I am a critical researcher.
This means the duty to constantly make and re-make the world into a better place.
I care about people who are outsiders. Most of the time, acutely, I feel like an outsider. I have lived outside my home country (the US) since I was 23; I operate (clumsily) in my third language. When I work with immigrants, refugees, queer people, and people facing mental health crises, I feel most connected.
I am also extremely privileged. My network, and my life, is full of kind and clever people who challenge me, support me, and teach me. I have talked to so many more while researching this book: people who care about AI harms, who want AI development / research / consulting / policy to be more just. I hope this book does them justice.
My AI credentials: - Founder, Values-driven AI consulting - Nordic leader of Women in AI Governance - Research and education lead of Women in AI Norway - Senior Fellow with the Aula Fellowship for AI, Science and Technology Policy - ISO 42001 Lead AI Auditor (Global Skills Development Council) - Built, led, and scaled up AI teams and projects in the state and municipal sectors - Worked as senior AI product manager - 8 articles and one upcoming chapter on AI