AI auditing: The Broken Bus on the Road to AI Accountability

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.14462v1
• Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:00:29 GMT
• Title: AI auditing: The Broken Bus on the Road to AI Accountability
• Authors: Abeba Birhane, Ryan Steed, Victor Ojewale, Briana Vecchione, Inioluwa Deborah Raji
• Abstract summary: "AI audit" ecosystem is muddled and imprecise, making it difficult to work through various concepts and map out the stakeholders involved in the practice. First, we taxonomize current AI audit practices as completed by regulators, law firms, civil society, journalism, academia, consulting agencies. We find that only a subset of AI audit studies translate to desired accountability outcomes.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: One of the most concrete measures to take towards meaningful AI accountability is to consequentially assess and report the systems' performance and impact. However, the practical nature of the "AI audit" ecosystem is muddled and imprecise, making it difficult to work through various concepts and map out the stakeholders involved in the practice. First, we taxonomize current AI audit practices as completed by regulators, law firms, civil society, journalism, academia, consulting agencies. Next, we assess the impact of audits done by stakeholders within each domain. We find that only a subset of AI audit studies translate to desired accountability outcomes. We thus assess and isolate practices necessary for effective AI audit results, articulating the observed connections between AI audit design, methodology and institutional context on its effectiveness as a meaningful mechanism for accountability.

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