Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab: The Ethics of Large-Scale Models

With the increased adoption of large-scale models, multiple stakeholders have raised concerns regarding the ethical issues surrounding their design, development, and use. While these models raise many of the same high-level tech ethics concerns as other forms of AI, they drive specific concerns around their potential to spread inaccurate information, violate intellectual property rights, and create increased data privacy risks…  In addition, medium- to long-term impacts of using these technologies also have the potential for unexpected impacts in critical sectors, such as education and health.

The program invites proposals that grapple with these challenges, providing new insights or suggesting innovative solutions. Potential studies include industry (e.g., healthcare, financial services), artistic creation, sustainability, neurotechnologies, politics, emergency and disaster management, advertising, social media, smart cities, and others. Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Society, Community, and Culture: Inclusive stakeholder dialogue / Education / Future of work and upskilling / Community awareness and engagement / Impact to culture
• Governance and Policy:Governance of organizations and systems / Informed and inclusive policy development / Guiding principles / Frameworks for adoption and decision-making
• Interdisciplinary:Developing trustworthy systems / Design principles / Human-AI collaboration / Return on investment (ROI)
• Other topics not described here

Each project team must include the collaboration of at least one University of Notre Dame faculty with an allocated budget (maximum of 20%). If you cannot find a suitable match prior to submission of the application, the Tech Ethics Lab (techlab@nd.edu) will help you with the matching process if your project is selected to move forward.

Funding: $60K over 9 months (No overhead)

https://techethicslab.nd.edu/call-for-proposals/

https://techethicslab.nd.edu/assets/550612/2023_2024_cfp_application_packet_notre_dame_ibm_technology_ethics_lab.pdf

University of Notre Dame Departments: www.nd.edu/academics/departments-colleges-and-schools/