Ray Eitel-Porter - Episode 82
From ACM ByteCast by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
February 26, 2026 · 51 min · Episode 82
About this episode
Ray Eitel-Porter discusses AI safety and ethics, sharing insights on responsible AI practices and career advice for professionals in AI and medicine.
In this episode, part of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s For Your Informatics podcast, Sabrina Hsueh and Li Zhou host AI safety and ethics expert Ray Eitel-Porter, Luminary and Senior Advisor for AI at Accenture and an Intellectual Forum Senior Research Associate at Jesus College, the University of Cambridge. Previously, he served as Accenture's Global Responsible AI Lead. Ray is the author of Governing the Machine and sits on several boards and councils advising on data analytics and strategy. In the interview, Ray shares how he was inspired to research responsible AI by data privacy concerns and how biased datasets harm models. He describes his objective as helping people understand the potential risks of emerging technologies in order to confidently use them. He discusses case studies from his book where companies successfully implement responsible AI practices in the workplace, and shares how his framework will be useful even as technologies continue to emerge and change. Finally, Ray offers some advice for younger professionals in AI and medicine.
People in this episode
Hosts: Sabrina Hsueh, Li Zhou
Guest: Ray Eitel-Porter
Topics covered
- AI safety
- ethics
- responsible AI
- data privacy
- emerging technologies
- case studies
- career advice
Keywords
- AI
- ethics
- data privacy
- responsible AI
- emerging technologies
- case studies
- career advice
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Accenture, Jesus College, the University of Cambridge, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
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