Independence Statement

At the time that this book was written, the author of this book, Charles Cresson Wood, had no marketing, promotional, public relations, referral, partnership, or related agreements with AI system providers, nor does he have any such agreements with those firms which provide risk management products and/or services related to AI. He makes his living exclusively through the sale of books, and the provision of technical consulting and related legal services. He can thus readily put himself in the shoes of AI user organizations, and he can advocate for these organizations, without a conflict of interest. This view allows him to champion the best interests of user organizations, for example supporting them in meeting their legal obligations. His research and writing work for this book has been entirely self-funded, and thus it has not been influenced by any organization or vendor which has a perspective that they wish him to promote. The perspectives taken in this book are thus entirely the author’s own, but they do reflect the published record about the unique risks of artificial intelligence, as well as generally accepted practices in the information systems governance and risk management area.
In keeping with this independence statement, the new book described on this web site has been designed to be, and has in fact been written as, a "technology agnostic" offering. This means that the ideas described in the policies in this book are flexible, adaptable, and independent from all vendors and all types of AI technology (programming languages, development platforms, system training methodologies, etc.). It additionally means that the policy ideas found in this book are readily applied to all types of AI systems and business areas supported by AI systems. This furthermore reflects the fact that the book is designed like a "Chinese restaurant menu" with many options, from which the reader can pick and choose, rather than a "one size fits all" approach to which all AI systems must conform.
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Regulatory and Legal Importance of Policies: In the past three years, 44% of organizations have faced “legal or external regulatory actions where a policy came under review as part of the action or defense.” Are your organization’s AI risk management policies defensible? -- See Penman, C. & Stephens, R., 2016 Ethics and Compliance Policy Management Benchmark Report, accessed January 18, 2017 via ComplianceNext
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