Responsible Handover makes sure we ask and answer the necessary questions to implement AI and data science tools safely and effectively. In this session, Sense about Science will explain how they are supporting AI developers, research funders, scientists, and others involved in AI tool development. Their aim is to ensure tools are funded and used safely and effectively by implementing the Responsible Handover framework.
AI and data science tools are emerging faster than quality assurance and implementation knowledge. As a result, we actually risk stifling their scientific capabilities. In some cases AI tools are being implemented inappropriately and inadvertently causing harm. In others, opportunities for positive impacts are missed when tools are omitted due to concerns about assurances and whether the right questions have been asked.
As a tool is developed, there are key knowledge transfer or handover points where vital information about its likely strengths and weaknesses in different contexts should be discussed. But these conversations are prone to slip through the cracks. This is likely to occur when the number of users of a tool grows or there is a big difference in technical expertise between tool adopter and tool proposer.
This results in a gap between high-level ethical principles and technical domain specific guidance. This can be overcome with a general, practical governance framework.
About the series
Four engaging Science Council Lunch & Learn sessions will be held to to coincide with British Science Week 2025. British Science Week provides a chance to celebrate the diverse people and careers in science and engineering and we’re very excited to be bringing some fantastic speakers to you to cover four fascinating topics.
Speaker information
- Chair: Prof. Della Freeth, Chief Executive of the Science Council
- Speaker: Dr Sameh El Badry, Project Officer, Sense About Science
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