The guidelines form a moral foundation for Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence’s (JSAI) members and promote effective communication with society to ensure that AI development remains beneficial to humanity. The eight guidelines include:

• Contribution to humanity: JSAI members will contribute to the peace, safety, welfare, and public interest of humanity. They will protect basic human rights and respect cultural diversity.
• Abidance of laws and regulations: JSAI members must respect laws and regulations relating to research and development, intellectual property, as well as any other relevant contractual agreements.
• Respect for the privacy of others: Members of the JSAI will respect the privacy of others with regards to their research and development of AI. Members of the JSAI have the duty to treat personal information appropriately and in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Fairness: Members of the JSAI acknowledge that the use of AI may bring about additional inequality and discrimination in society which did not exist before, and will not be biased when developing AI. AI will be developed as a resource that can be used by humanity in a fair and equal manner.
• Security: JSAI members recognise the need for AI to be safe and acknowledge their responsibility in keeping AI under control. In the development and use of AI, members of the JSAI will always pay attention to safety, controllability, and required confidentiality while ensuring that users of AI are provided appropriate and sufficient information.
• Act with integrity: JSAI members acknowledge the significant impact which AI can have on society. They will therefore act with integrity and in a way that can be trusted by society.
• Accountability and social responsibility: Members of the JSAI must verify the performance and resulting impact of AI technologies they have researched and developed. If potential danger is identified, a warning must be effectively communicated to all society. Members of the JSAI will also make efforts to prevent the misuse of AI.
• Communication with society and self-development: Members of the JSAI will aim to improve and enhance society’s understanding of AI. Members of the JSAI will maintain consistent and effective communication with society, being highly-specialised professionals.

While this initiative does not have a quantitative and qualitative aspect, it is an important initiative to encourage ethical practices and ensure that the AI development remains beneficial to humanity. It offers practical advice and guidelines, and JSAI members would be wise to follow them to avoid any ethical issues.