The modern age is witnessing a constant and rapid evolution of digital technologies and its influence can be witnessed in every sector. After the emergence of AI, digital tech and online systems for assistance are widely used in every sector and that is why evaluating Artificial Integrity is very important. Digital transformation comes with a lot of responsibilities where artificial integrity gaps in the identification of functional areas can create a big impact in the market. With proper preventive and mitigation measures, it can get easier to address its impact.
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Functional Diversion
Although modern AI technology can be used in any sector, its purpose or role is intended by the designers or the creators of AI or the organizations using it. AI-powered software can show internal governance mechanisms with intended logic but offers ineffective or inoperative results and that causes functional confusion. For example, an AI can help employees ask questions about the HR policies of the company but it can never be a part of human hierarchy since they are not sentient beings.
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Functional Loophole
When there is an absence of the necessary features or steps in the development phase, it directly affects the system’s operational logic and creates a functional void where it is unable to offer results based on the user’s intention. For example, if there is an AI-powered tool for content generation that lacks the feature of extraction through different useable formats; it can block operation use.
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Functional Safeguards
The lack of human validation steps, guardrails, and informational alerts during different actions in the system can create irreversible effects that do not always align with the intention of the user. Think of a marketing technology that can send emails to any contact but does not consist of the technology that can help block sending and request user confirmation. Without validating, the potential contact list can easily feed away.
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Functional Alienation
With a heavy focus on conditioned responses and automatic behaviors, modern digital technology is more biased toward Pavlovian reflexes rather than reflecting upon a user’s ability to judgment which demeans the free will of human users. There should be a greater emphasis on decision-making sovereignty.
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Functional Ideology
Modern-day users are highly dependent on online tools for their tasks which reduces their ability of critically or make something creative by brainstorming. It is more of a prompt efficiency on AI which is considered to be the greatest virtue in the modern era. The emotional dependency on these digital platforms and tools is weakening the humane abilities of rationalization. While some might justify a situation by saying “It’s not the tool’s fault”, users must focus on their own integrity before using it.
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Functional Transparency
Absence of transparency regarding algorithmic logic of technology or decision-making mechanisms can make AI perform differently than the regular situations. In those cases, the tool can anticipate, or override, or can even go beyond what the user had intended initially.
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Functional Addiction
The interactive essence and gamified features or rewarding system on the online tools are making users hooked to the platforms which can greatly improve user's motivation circuits. Games and rewarding system helps to activate neurological reward mechanisms and it can lead to addictive, repetitive and compulsive behaviors.
Final Thoughts
Now, that you are aware of the areas of functional artificial integrity gaps; you can proceed with a more systematic approach that will include all the aforementioned aspects while focusing on the company’s profitability. There should be artificial integrity by design to make proper use of AI and modern techs.
