On this episode of the AI For All Podcast, Frits Bussemaker, Chair of the Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age, joins Ryan Chacon and Neil Sahota to discuss accountability in the age of AI. They talk about accountability in the digital age, how accountability has evolved, using technology to govern technology, the challenges in establishing global governance for AI, the need for localized governance, AI ethics, and balancing innovation and governance. Frits Bussemaker is the Chair of the Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age, an association instigated by UNESCO in 2017 aimed to help define tools for and manage accountability in the digital age. Bussemaker has been working in the international ICT industry since the 1980s. He began with a Dutch IT startup and held various marketing and alliance positions including at CIONET, where he represented a community of over 7,000 CIOs with international institutes like the European Commission. He is the initiator of the Global Digital Leader Alliance linking over 20,000 digital leaders from China, Europe, India, Japan, South America, and the US. The Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age (I4ADA) was founded in 2017 with the mission to ensure that issues and concerns do not undermine the Internet’s potential for increasing access to knowledge, spreading global tolerance and understanding, and promoting sustainable prosperity. In pursuit of its mission of helping the world derive maximum benefit from the internet, the Institute is dedicated to helping create a fair and balanced framework of best practices and, where necessary, regulation. Among other activities, these are the main activities of the Institute: - Create awareness for accountability in the digital age - Reach out to and connect with a global multi-stakeholder community - Provide a platform for knowledge sharing on accountability in the digital age - Promote the various legal instruments, frameworks, and technical solutions being developed for accountability Discover more about AI at https://ai-forall.com More about I4ADA: https://i4ada.org Connect with Fits: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fritsbussemaker/ (00:00) Intro (00:30) Frits Bussemaker and I4ADA (00:54) Understanding accountability in the digital age (03:23) Evolution of accountability over time (04:09) The impact of digital technology on accountability (07:21) Using technology to govern technology (08:56) The importance of accountability in AI (10:28) Challenges in establishing global governance for AI (13:37) The role of ethics in AI governance (18:34) The need for localized governance (23:17) The urgency of accountability in the digital age (25:48) Balancing innovation and governance (26:32) Learn more and follow up SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/43dYQV9 Listen to the Podcast: https://bit.ly/45rewGf Join Our Newsletter: https://newsletter.ai-forall.com Follow Us on Social: https://linktr.ee/aiforallofficial