AI Ethics for Sustainable Development Goals

We live in an era where problems are global scale (e.g., climate change) and solutions must also be coordinated on a the international context. The 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals (SDGs) was ratified 2015 as continuation of millennium (MDGs). In this sense, SDGs, MDGs were their day, mechanism that urges governments to coordinate address problems. At core SDGs is “to achieve better more future all.” consist series 17 with 169 targets which, first time, identify fight against poverty necessity development. consider ecological, social, economic dimensions interdependent With progress advances artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, many researchers exploring possibility use tackle societal This what people nowadays call “AI social good” (AI4SG). concept behind AI4SG very simple: AI-powered systems capabilities applied improve public welfare [1] . Although there different forms classification initiatives (in terms data, modeling, or decision-making) “projects addressing vary significantly” [2] AI these projects may have been designed “good” but, practice, it could end up going “bad.” More importantly, not everyone would agree good result. main motivation any application solve