Dear members, 

The past weekend I had highly interesting conversations with citizens about Artificial Intelligence during the InScience festival, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The theme during the festival was 'impact of AI on Smart Cities and Society'. What struck me the most is the misunderstanding of AI by most of the visitors but also the diversity of opinions from very dark doom scenario's up to a very positive view on the impact. Nevertheless, the discussions ware great but the tone was fear of the unknown and fear of the commercial parties and misguided ethics was present throughout all conversations. 

Especially the moral ethical aspect triggered me the most. So I introduced 'the *Hippocratic oath for AI developers'. Meaning, if the developer of algorithms is producing models which impact human well-being and prosperity they should be abided by the law to take the oath. 

The medicians have to take the oath, so do policemen, government officials, even bankers. 

I'm really curious about the opinion of the community if we should have a look at this as part of the ethical framework for AI that is being produced? 

*"The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing Gods, to uphold specific ethical standards."