Spillover Effect Details
- Policy
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EU AI Act
- Alternative
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AI Ethics and Impact Assessment Framework for SMEs
- Dimension
- Education
- Criteria
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- Time Frame
- 5
- Score
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- PositiveImpact
- The proposed framework for SMEs may enhance ethical awareness and responsibility in AI development, leading to safer and more reliable AI systems. As SMEs adopt and integrate ethical considerations, they may create educational programs and resources that elevate public understanding and trust in AI, thus fostering a more informed citizenry capable of engaging critically in future AI developments. This could enhance educational outcomes by integrating ethical AI usage into curricula, preparing future generations to navigate complexities in technology use responsibly, and ensuring they can leverage AI for social good.
- NegativeImpact
- However, if the framework is poorly designed or implemented, it could create confusion among SMEs, leading to inconsistent ethical standards across the sector. Additionally, this approach may inadvertently prioritize compliance over innovation, causing SMEs to focus more on fulfilling regulatory obligations than on developing cutting-edge AI solutions. If SMEs fail to ramp up quickly enough to technological advancements, the EU risks falling further behind global competitors, potentially limiting educational and career opportunities related to AI.
- Description
- The proposed alternative focuses on creating a framework for SMEs to assess the ethical implications of AI but does not directly address the broader educational impact mirrors a gap in stakeholder preparedness. While it holds the potential to increase public trust in AI, its failure to ensure consistent and meaningful implementation could result in either stagnation or regression in AI adoption and ethical standards. Compared to alternatives such as AI Accountability Training and Certification Program and AI-Enhanced Environmental Education Initiatives, which provide direct educational benefits and foster a more robust ethical framework across sectors, this alternative fails to create the necessary momentum towards improving AI technology and its societal applications in educational contexts.