Why FCX is implementing its Cloud and AI Code of Ethics
Slightly amended copy of original LinkedIn article posted on 01/11/2024 – By Iris Lentjes
Remember when the internet first emerged? How it has changed the way we communicate, socialize, collaborate, conduct business, and even receive healthcare? In a short span of a few decades, much has changed.
While certain newspaper articles are currently reflecting diminished enthusiasm around generative AI, and while it is not fully clear to the public what will happen next, we are now finding ourselves on the cusp of a similar revolution. This is because at FCX, we are witnessing the advent of powerful combinations within a cluster of technologies:
- Data mining
- Predictive analysis
- NLP and other generative AI
- Machine learning
- Deep learning
- Image recognition
- Robotic technology
What makes the combination of these solutions impactful are powerful cloud computing and storage capabilities which are now available at manageable costs.
Although artificial intelligence is not a new concept, in my opinion, we are now at the point where it can deeply impact our daily lives just like the World Wide Web did. It could take a few decades; however, it is likely we will witness profound shifts in the way we work in much less time than that.
The Global Village
Because of the possibility of instant communication and instant access to a plethora of information due to affordable access to bandwidth and personal computers, many have shifted into feeling we are now citizens in a global village. We are no longer merely local participants and contributors; our involvement and impact tend to be much broader. We collaborate and compete with workers half a world away. The internet revealed how small our global village is and how deeply interconnected we are.
Shaping Society with AI
The technologies associated with AI will change our view of society and the world once more. It will take some years, but they have the potential to solve complex problems that have stumped us for decades and even much longer than that. With the progress of generative AI in 2024, as well as super computing, we can push the boundaries of our ingenuity and intellect already. Repetitive, mundane, and challenging tasks such as completing standard workflows or maintaining a certain set of functionalities within a reliable cybersecurity system can now be performed by machines. This could, in turn, liberate us to explore aspects of our humanity, ideas, or concepts we were previously unable to. More time will be freed up for creative and profound thinking. And so, this shift provides us with a unique opportunity.
The Responsibility of Business Leaders
But exploration of uncharted territory empowering people will only happen if leaders in the business world make an obvious choice and decide to leverage AI for that particular outcome. The business community needs to actively choose abundance, possibility, empowerment, and quality of life for all stakeholders involved. If we capitulate to our lower instincts such as fear of scarcity, invisibility, or insignificance and are impatient, we risk ending up with AI solutions that will increase disharmony, imbalance, and cacophony in the world. This cluster of technologies has the power to reflect our values and preferences as well as our philosophies and beliefs around our economic and monetary systems, just as much as the internet did and has.
We cannot turn away. Choice and aim will continue to matter. The development of this group of technologies can be slowed down, but it will not be stopped.
Ethical Considerations at FCX
At FCX, we have a choice in what solutions we wish to suggest to our clientele. As a result of the changes and outcomes we are witnessing, we felt it necessary to devise our own code of ethics around cloud computing and AI. Certain large corporations have already done so, and we too aim to step into the age of AI with our eyes wide open and with the right attitude. This is to best serve our clientele and their constituents ahead of what may arise.
If your organization has formulated an AI and Cloud Code of Ethics or is in the process of formulating one, I hope you might share it with us also in the comment section. We wish to be part of a community of responsible yet adventurous entrepreneurs and corporations who believe in the promise of technology to enhance and augment positive human capabilities.
Click here to access the FCX Cloud Solutions & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Consultation, Promotion and Implementation Support Code of Ethics.
