Principle 1 – fairness

The fairness principle requires taking necessary actions to eliminate bias, discriminationor stigmatization of individuals, communities, or groups in the design, data, development, deployment and use of AI systems.

When designing, selecting, and developing AI systems, it is essential to ensure just, fair, non biased, non discriminatory and objective standards that are inclusive, diverse, and representative of all or targeted segments of society.

To ensure consistent AI systems that are based on fairness and inclusiveness, AI systems should be trained on data that are cleansed from bias and is representative of affected minority groups.

The fairness principle requires taking necessary actions to eliminate bias, discrimination or stigmatization of individuals, communities, or groups in the design, data, development, deployment and use of AI systems.

When designing, selecting, and developing AI systems, it is essential to ensure just, fair,non biased, non discriminatory and objective standards that are inclusive, diverse, andrepresentative of all or targeted segments of society.

To ensure consistent AI systems that are based on fairness and inclusiveness, AI systems shouldbe trained on data that are cleansed from bias and is representative of affected minority groups.Al algorithms should be built and developed in a manner that makes their composition free frombias and correlation fallacy.

During this phase, it is important to implement a fairness awaredesign that takes appropriate precautions across the AI system algorithm, processes, andmechanisms to prevent biases from having a discriminatory effect or lead to skewed andunwanted results or outcomes.

2 fairness aware design should start at the beginning of the AI System Lifecycle with a collaborative effort from technical and non technical members to identify potential harm andbenefits, affected individuals and vulnerable groups and evaluate how they are impacted bythe results and whether the impact is justifiable given the general purpose of the AI system.

3 A fairness assessment of the AI system is crucial, and the metrics should be selected at this stage of the AI System Lifecycle.

The allowed threshold which makes the assessment fair or unfair should be defined.

The allowed threshold which makes the assessment fair or unfair should be defined.

The fairness assessment metrics to be applied to sensitive features should be measured during future steps.

The sample size of the data collected or procured has a significant impact on the accuracy and fairness of the outputs of a trained model.

1 At the build and validate stage of the AI System Lifecycle, it is essential to take into consideration implementation fairness as a common theme when building, testing, and implementing the AI system.

2 During the selection of the champion model, the fairness metric assessment should be considered.

The champion model fairness metrics should be within the defined threshold for the sensitive features.

The optimization approach of fairness and performance metrics should be clearly set throughout this phase.

The fairness assessment should be justified if the champion model does not pass the assessment.

1 Well defined mechanisms and protocols should be set in place when deploying the AI system to measure the fairness and performance of the outcomes and how it impacts individuals and communities.

When analyzing the outcomes of the predictive model, it should be assessed if represented groups in the data sample receive benefits in equal or similar portions and if the AI system disproportionately harms specific members based on demographic differences to ensure outcome fairness.

2 The predefined fairness metrics should be monitored in production.

The accountability and responsibility principle is closely related to the fairness principle.

The parties responsible for the AI system should ensure that the fairness of the system is maintained and sustained through control mechanisms.

In parallel with the fairness principle, the sensitive features should not be included in the model data.