Who is responsible for the decisions technology helps create?

Accountability: the argument

When AI supports decisions, accountability can become diffuse. A vendor built the model. A team configured the tool. A process accepted the output. A person approved the final action.

Clear accountability means knowing who owns the system, who can question it, who can override it, and who answers for the outcome.

The more invisible the technology becomes, the more visible responsibility needs to be.

A decision that no one owns is not responsible progress.

responsibility and public trust

The other three questions in this lens.

1. 01

   Boundaries

   What should the organization choose not to do, even if it can?

2. 03

   Privacy

   What information deserves protection, restraint, or consent?

3. 04

   Public Confidence

   Would people still recognize the decision as fair once they saw how it was made?