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AI and Ethics - Announcement: AiTH – Annual Award for Best Human-Centred AI Paper

The Centre on Artificial Intelligence Technology for Humankind (AiTH; website: https://bschool.nus.edu.sg/aith/ (this opens in a new tab)) is delighted to announce that we will be hosting an annual award for the best Human-Centred AI paper published in the journal “AI and Ethics”. The award will be presented on an annual basis and the winner of the award will receive a cash prize of S$600 (Singapore dollar). This initiative is in collaboration with AI and Ethics and the collective goal is to recognize and celebrate important cross-disciplinary research that advances our understanding of what it means to develop Human-Centred AI (HCAI).

AiTH will judge the quality and contribution of papers published in AI and Ethics each year. We will use our definition of HCAI as a guiding framework. This definition focuses on four key dimensions:

  • Competence. HCAI augments and enriches human capabilities and performance across all domains of life, rather than automating away the skills and attributes that make us human.
  • Belonging. HCAI designs AI systems with the understanding that intelligent technologies are fully embedded in society. Such systems can therefore be expected to act in line with the norms and values of a humane society, including fairness, justice, ethics, responsibility and trustworthiness.
  • Control. HCAI preserves human agency and sense of responsibility by designing AI systems to give users a high level of understanding of, and control over, their specific and unique processes and outputs.
  • Well-being. HCAI advances the self-esteem, confidence and happiness of all humans. The design and deployment of such AI systems must be mindful to the varied dimensions of life that they stand to impact, as well as their long-term effects on overall well-being.

For more information on our HCAI approach and its relationship with the need to advance and develop AI that puts humanity first, please, also read our article published in AI and Ethics: “The Road to a human-centred digital society: Opportunities, challenges and responsibilities for humans in the age of machines.” DOI: 10.1007/s43681-021-00116-6 (this opens in a new tab).   

Papers will be evaluated with regards to the extent to which they embody the values of these four dimensions and do justice to the critical importance of HCAI by approaching the topic with academic rigour. In addition, papers considered for the award must also be successful in outlining the practical and societal implications of HCAI that can resonate with a broad audience.

Our first award will be presented for the year 2022 and so only papers published in AI and Ethics during this calendar year will be taken into consideration.

We very much look forward to reviewing your papers and hope you join us in our collective mission for advancing a human-centred approach to artificial intelligence in society.

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