Attachment 0005 Appendix B Department of Defense AI Ethical Principles.pdf

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This document contains the Department of Defense's ethical principles for artificial intelligence as well as details for a Blanket Purchase Agreement Request for Proposal from the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. The solicitation seeks proposals for Test and Evaluation services to support AI activities across the Department of Defense and United States Government. Offerors must complete a questionnaire and provide services as described in the Performance Work Statement, including testing and assurance for AI systems throughout their lifecycles to ensure safety, security and intended functions while avoiding unintended consequences. Proposals are due by the response date, and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center intends to form multiple blanket purchase agreements with awardees to access Test and Evaluation services in support of AI development and deployment governed by the five ethical principles of responsible, equitable, traceable, reliable and governable AI.

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Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence These principles will apply to both combat and non‐combat functions and assist the U.S.

military in upholding legal, ethical and policy commitments in the field of AI. The department’s

AI ethical principles encompass five major areas:

1. Responsible. DoD personnel will exercise appropriate levels of judgment and care, while remaining responsible for the development, deployment, and use of AI capabilities.

2. Equitable. The Department will take deliberate steps to minimize unintended bias in AI capabilities.

3. Traceable. The Department’s AI capabilities will be developed and deployed such that relevant personnel possess an appropriate understanding of the technology, development processes, and operational methods applicable to AI capabilities, including with transparent and auditable methodologies, data sources, and design procedure and documentation.

4. Reliable. The Department’s AI capabilities will have explicit, well‐defined uses, and the safety, security, and effectiveness of such capabilities will be subject to testing and assurance within those defined uses across their entire life‐cycles.

5. Governable. The Department will design and engineer AI capabilities to fulfill their intended functions while possessing the ability to detect and avoid unintended consequences, and the ability to disengage or deactivate deployed systems that demonstrate unintended behavior.

References DOD Adopts Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence, U.S. Department of Defense, 24

February 2020, https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2091996/dod‐adopts‐ ethical‐principles‐for‐artificial‐intelligence/

A Closer Look: The Department of Defense AI Ethical Principles, The Joint Artificial

Intelligence Center, 24 February 2020, https://www.ai.mil/blog_02_24_20‐dod‐ ai_principles.html

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