Q&A: Building accountability behind our words — and AI’s — in civic conversations
Professor Deb Roy contends there should be someone who is “answerable” for every piece of text in public life, no matter its origins.
Deb Roy, professor of media arts and sciences at MIT and director of the MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC), has highlighted the issue of accountability behind words generated by artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in civic conversations. The advent of AI tools like Chat-GPT has made it increasingly difficult to distinguish between genuine and fabricated comments, leading to concerns about the lack of accountability.
Roy, co-founder of Cortico, a nonprofit organization, argues that even with AI-generated text, there must be a sense of responsibility and answerability. The CCC works on improving group dialogues and trust through tech tools, including AI, but ensures that participants can verify and override the technology's output at every stage.
Roy emphasizes that, ultimately, a person is responsible for every public comment, regardless of whether it was generated by AI or not.
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