Ethics of AI

(Upbeat Music) I'm Dr. Hernan Murdock, and I've been in internal audit for a long time. And over the years, a lot of things have happened in the profession and in our world at large. And one of those things right now is AI. And one of the things that we're learning as we're seeing it become so prevalent is that it is becoming both something to audit and also something that we can use as a tool. So from that perspective then, I am very excited to be involved in this course and looking in terms of how we can learn more about the ethical dimension associated with AI. So with me is Deidre Melton. Deidre, so why is this such an important course? And what's your background as relates to this? So this is an important course because now we're seeing throughout organizations where companies are racing to embed AI into tools that you're getting from third party vendors, but also just in things that we're building in house. So for auditors, we really have to get in front of it and say, how are we using, not only using AI, but how are they using AI ethically? So from my standpoint, I've always looked at the different ethics. And we know as auditors, we have that code of ethics that we have to adhere to. And so I dive deep into that at my organization, helping people make ethical decisions, helping them evaluate ethical outcomes through trainings and things of that nature. And AI is no different. You have to do the same thing. So you're looking at it from a conception and theoretical perspective, but also as a practitioner as your organization is implementing AI as well. Is that right? Right. Very good. All right, so now in terms of who this course is for, who would benefit most from this course? So for me, I think the people that would benefit the most is auditors, right? Because we're gonna be talking a lot about how auditors can evaluate these AI tools. We'll give best practices. We'll give them different specific things to look at based off of different scenarios as well. Great, very good. I really looking forward to this because not only are we looking at concepts, we're looking at practice, we're looking at scenarios, we're looking at principles and frameworks. There's gonna be a lot here to learn. So let's learn together.