RESPONSIBLE AI IN SMART MANUFACTURING

Abstract

The combination of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system and smart manufacturing can enhance the effectiveness of operations, flexibility, and productivity of the Industry 4.0 ecosystems. Nevertheless, the quick embrace of the AI system may create significant concerns in the ethics, transparency, and responsibility of the AI and on its socio-economic impacts. The paper is focused on the question of Responsible AI in smart manufacturing in order to balance/ reconcile the fast-technological development and ethical and regulatory limitations. We pinpoint and examine the issues of data security, algorithmic discrimination, the guarantee of AI safety, human-machine interface, and the control of AI governance. We review various case studies and industry surveys to reveal the issues and optimal approaches to the adoption of Responsible AI in the manufacturing industries. The essence of the research is that the development and introduction of the AI systems should aim at the ethics of smart manufacturing systems to ensure that their socio-economic benefits to society, business, and management are the highest possible.