FEATURE
The most chronic
skills shortages
in technology are
centred around ML
modelling and
data science.
part of their original business strategy for
adopting these technologies. However,
they need to understand the importance
of looking for security vulnerabilities
during model building and recognise
why protecting critical information is
so important in the initial steps. It is
essential for both businesses, but also
those individuals working in AI and
ML developments to equip themselves
with the right knowledge to take the
appropriate data safety precautions,
only then will they be able to confidently
ensure security and privacy.
Despite the lack of attention to security
and privacy concerns with Machine
Learning development, the majority of
resources are focused on ensuring AI
projects are accurate and successful.
For example, 55% of developers mitigate
against unexpected outcomes or
predictions, but a large number who
don’t still remain. Furthermore, 16% of
respondents don’t check for any risks at
all during development.
This lack of due diligence is likely due
to numerous internal challenges and
factors, but surprisingly, a big part of
this problem is having the skills and
resources to complete these critical
aspects of the development process. In
fact, the most chronic skills shortages
in technology are centred around ML
modelling and data science. To make
progress in the areas of security, privacy
and ethics, organisations urgently need
to address this.
What can be done?
AI maturity and usage has grown
exponentially in the last year. However,
considerable hurdles remain that keep
it from reaching critical mass. To ensure
that AI and ML are both represented by
the masses and that they can be used in
a safe way, organisations need to adopt
certain best practices.
One of these is making sure
technologists that build AI models reflect
the broader population. Both from a
data set and developer perspective
this can be difficult, especially in the
technology’s infancy. This means it is
vital that developers are aware of the
issues that are relevant to the diverse
Organisations need
to understand the
essentials and
ensure they invest
time and resources
to get security and
ethics right.
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