This report highlights the need for the creation of autonomous and intelligent systems to be aligned with ethical values and principles that prioritise human well-being. The report discusses the ESG issues pertaining to intelligent and autonomous systems, including a lack of transparency and accountability, misuse, and risks and negative impacts. It offers recommendations to mitigate these issues and prioritise values and ethical principles. Key insights and recommendations include:

General principles

• Commitment to ethical and social implementation of intelligent and autonomous systems that align with ethical principles prioritising human well-being.
• Need for accountability, transparency, and mitigation of risks, including misuse as these systems evolve as socio-technical systems.

Embedding values into autonomous and intelligent systems

• Prioritise the development of intelligent and autonomous systems that are inherently transparent, accountable, and maintain human values.
• Educate technologists and policy makers on ethical issues and the significance of embedding values and morals into these technologies.
• Expand taskforces and community involvement in A/IS sectors

Methodologies to guide ethical research and design

• Ensure ethical questions are addressed by interdisciplinary teams during research and system design
• Foster ethical considerations within AI research, development, and deployment
• Maintain flexibility when following ethical frameworks to ensure successful application and relevance.

Safety and beneficence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial superintelligence (ASI)

• Develop safety and ethical recommendations for AGI and ASI technologies
• Include open feedback
• Ensure stakeholders are transparent and accountable through certification programs
• Establish Division on AGI and ASI for ethical alignment

Personal data and individual access control

• Offer points of control for users to access and manage personal data
• Ensure users are aware of the exchange of data and possible uses
• Ensure ethical frameworks align with individual rights in the use of personal data.

Reframing autonomous weapons systems

• Reflects on accountability and risk mitigation for autonomous weapons systems (AWS)
• Create guidelines for global promotion
• Clarify why AWS-related death is morally different from the death caused by non-autonomous weapons.
• Significantly expand the donor base to include all major regional groups.

Law

• Identify and adhere to existing legislation related to AI
• Raise challenges of cross-border data sharing
• Encourage development and application of international legal mechanisms.

The report highlights the need for the prioritisation of human well-being with the creation of autonomous and intelligent systems. By aligning these technologies with ethical values and principles, systems that are transparent, accountable, and maintain human values can be created. These systems will mitigate risk, minimise negative impacts and misuse, and encourage priorities that will promote human well-being.