Operationalizing AI Ethics for Learning and Practice : a global approach

In today’s rapidly evolving world of Artificial Intelligence, we stand at a critical crossroads. The potential of AI to revolutionize every aspect of human life is undeniable. Yet, with great power comes great responsibility. AI’s transformative impact raises complex ethical questions: How do we ensure that AI serves humanity’s best interests? How do we balance technological innovation with human dignity, fairness, and inclusion?

AIOLIA will be working on recognising the gap between ethical values and the practical application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The project will operationalise AI ethics with regard to human behaviour and create inclusive materials to teach the ethics of AI ; this includes lectures, videos, podcasts, chatbot, etc.

Abstract: 

AIOLIA gives a robust 3-tier response to the complex challenges posed by the need to operationally interpret the EU AI Act and global AI regulation.

Guidance: Recognizing the gap between ethical values and their practical application in engineering, AIOLIA pioneers a bottom-up approach to operationalize AI ethics with regard to human condition and behaviour. Following a selection of real-world use cases, AIOLIA translates high-level principles into actionable and contextual guidelines co-created by leading academic, policy, and ethics-aware industrial partners who represent diverse professional and geographic European and international contexts.

Training: AIOLIA's commitment to context-sensitivity is deepened by crafting modular, inclusive training materials following the ADDIE methodology designed to cater to diverse learning needs. Hosted on the Embassy of Good Science, AIOLIA materials will range from lectures, videos, and mock reviews to such innovative formats as podcasts, Tiktoks, and a chatbot teaching AI ethics.

Networking: AIOLIA's outreach is amplified by encompassing 7 research ethics and integrity networks and 3 prominent computer science networks. This strategic alignment enables us to effectively recruit training participants and disseminate human-centric ethics guidelines to a wide spectrum of stakeholders, from ethics experts to early-stage researchers and policymakers worldwide. Resolutely European, AIOLIA's vision propagates beyond EU, embracing global cooperation with leading universities and think tanks in China, South Korea, Japan, and Canada. Utilizing UNESCO platform with its reach to Africa and South Asia, AIOLIA’s guidelines evolve into an analytic toolbox for key international AI dialogues and processes.

This global perspective ensures that AIOLIA's impact is not only significant but also sustainable, contributing to fair scientific cooperation and providing concrete and culturally informed ethics instruments to shape the next generation of AI systems.

Project Information:

AIOLIA is a EU HORIZON Coordination and Support Action (CSA) funded by the European Commission under Grand Agreement 101187937

ERCIM's role: project partner
Duration: 36 months from 1 February 2025 to 31 January 2028
Total budget: € 2 999 895
EU contribution: € 2 999 895

Web site: https://aiolia.eu/
LinkedIn: @AIOLIA-horizon-europe-project
Fact sheet (Cordis): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101187937

Partners: CEA - COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (France), KIT - KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE (Germany), CENTRIC - SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY (UK), CERTH - ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS (Greece), AUMC - STICHTING AMSTERDAM UMC (Netherlands), CEPS - CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES (Belgium), THWS - TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE WUERZBURG-SCHWEINFURT (Germany), EUREC - EUREC OFFICE GUG (Germany), ERCIM - GEIE ERCIM (France), ADRA - AI DATA AND ROBOTICS ASSOCIATION (Belgium), EURACTIV - EURACTIV MEDIA BV (Belgium), McGILL - ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Canada), CASTED - CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT (China), STEPI - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY INSTITUTE (South Korea), OSAKA - OSAKA UNIVERSITY (Japan), UH - U-HOPPER SRL (Italy), OXIPIT - Oxipit, UAB (Lithuania), NIT - NIT INSTITUT DOO ZA INFORMACIONE TEHNOLOGIJE NOVI SAD (Serbia), RISE - RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB (Sweden), ETICAS - ETICAS RESEARCH AND CONSULTING SL (Spain)