No AI tool shall be deployed unless the deploying agency has carefully considered how deployment will impact safety and equity in the District, and weighed such impacts against the impacts of alternative courses of action, including maintenance of the status quo.
Muriel Bowser
Mayor of the District of Columbia
In the District of Columbia's AI plan, Muriel Bowser required agencies to weigh an AI tool's effects on safety and equity against alternatives before deploying it.
Mayor of the District of ColumbiaDate not establishedDistrict of Columbia AI Values and Strategic Plan under Mayor's Order 2024-028
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… breadth of scope, agencies should at the same time be careful to evaluate critically whether an apparent benefit clearly flows from the deployment and whether such benefits are tenuous, speculative, or inconsequential. Safety and Equity No AI tool shall be deployed unless the deploying agency has carefully considered how deployment will impact safety and equity in the District, and weighed such impacts against the impacts of alternative courses of action, including maintenance of the status quo. An agency deploying an AI tool shall clearly explain its consideration of any of the following risks entailed by the deployment: risk of direct and indirect physical harm (including exacerbation of existing harm), risk of deprivation of
What this quote does not say
- The same plan says AI promises to improve government services and that incorporating it into District work is essential; the quoted rule conditions deployment rather than opposing AI use.
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