Artificial Intelligence Impact Assessment: the case for responsible AI adoption

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made great strides in recent years, especially in the areas of machine learning, large language models, natural language processing, knowledge representation and generative AI. AI is already used extensively in industry, government, science and cultural production, but recent advances particularly in generative AI have led to an increased awareness of the potential for AI to be more widely adopted in industry, the public sector and work life more generally. This in turn has led to increasing concerns about the potential repercussions of more widespread AI use in terms of the robustness, safety and reliability of the technology itself, its lawful and ethical application, and its impact upon society and social wellbeing.