A accountability

accountability is central to the definition of good practice in corporate governance.

It implies that there should always be a line of responsibility for business actions to establish who has to answer for the consequences.

AI systems introduce an additional strand of complexity: who is responsible for the outcome of the decision making process of an artificial agent?

Although the question of responsibility remain largely unanswered, a valuable approach would be for each of the parties involved as if they were ultimately responsible.

Although the question of responsibility remain largely unanswered, a valuable approach would be for each of the parties involved as if they were ultimately responsible.

Employees and other stakeholders need to be empowered to take personal responsibility for the consequences of their use of AI and they need to be provided with the skills to do so.