Q&A
Lack of enforcement mechanisms for AI principles
0:24:39
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Council Member Gutiérrez probes into the consequences for agencies not following OTI's AI principles. Alex Foard's response reveals a lack of specific enforcement mechanisms.
- Gutiérrez asks directly what happens if an agency does not follow the principles
- Foard explains that the principles are not prescriptive processes and there's no mandate to create a process from them
- He describes the principles as guidelines that agencies should keep in mind, with examples provided for operationalization
- The council member expresses concern about the lack of accountability if agencies choose not to utilize the principles
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:24:39
Okay.
0:24:39
And what happens if an agency does not follow these principles?
Alex Foard
0:24:44
So these are not prescriptive processes, so there's no mandate to create a process.
0:24:50
From those principles.
0:24:51
These are the guidelines that agencies should be keeping in mind.
0:24:55
And then for each of those principles, we provide a number of examples of what we mean by that.
0:24:59
Right?
0:24:59
This is how you can start to think about the operationalization of what those principles look like.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:25:06
So what happens?
0:25:08
What is the response in a future progress report of the action plan when you learn that agencies are not utilizing this as a framework that because it's not prescriptive Mhmm.
0:25:21
They're not beholden to any of these principles.
