Artificial intelligence (AI)

AI is rapidly affecting all aspects of our lives, but the pace of professional practice doesn’t always keep up with its impact.

BCS helps to find solutions to the big public policy questions where AI is used - from facial recognition technology, recruitment, health care and logistics. BCS believes that developing and maintaining a diverse and inclusive AI sector is central to reducing bias in machine learning and delivering AI applications that are fit-for-purpose and developed by professionals that are representative of our society.

Articles, papers and reports

Take a look at our most recent papers and reports, or view all of our published policy papers.

'Gold standard' in ethical AI

The UK can lead the world in creating artificial intelligence that cares about humanity - provided more people from non-tech and diverse backgrounds choose to study and work in the field, according to a new BCS report.

Priorities for the National AI Strategy

AI and breast cancer screening

BCS is supportive of the role AI has to play in improving health and care and supports the NSC’s position outlined in the consultation document: ‘Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in breast cancer screening'.

AI and breast cancer screening

AI and your job

Job loss - and the subsequent bias in the image selection process - neatly encapsulates the issues facing people as they explore the world of work and tech companies as they try to deploy AI. 

Working with AI - collaboratively

Ethical AI report

The Government’s Office for AI commissioned BCS to write a report into what must be done to attract a more diverse range of students to apply for MSc. computer science courses. The government adopted many of its recommendations.

Scaling up the ethical AI pipeline

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Share your support

BCS regularly polls IT professionals and members on topical issues. Our surveys are one way that we listen to our members opinions and this helps to form our policies on major areas of public policy. This year we found that cyber security is the main issue that keeps senior manager awake at night.
Read the IT leaders report 2020

"Given the potential impact of AI on so much of the modern world, it is essential that all AI practitioners have the competencies necessary to ethically design, ethically develop, ethically deploy, ethically manage and ethically maintain AI products and services."

Dr Bill Mitchell, BCS Director of Policy
Scaling up the Ethical Artificial Intelligence MSc. Pipeline

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Do you want to know more about our policy work or have views about STEM policy you’d like to share? Would your organisation like to get involved with our STEM research or carry out a joint campaign with BCS? If so, we want to hear from you! To share your opinions and to find out more about partnering with us, get in touch at policyhub@bcs.uk

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