Presidential committee lays out first ethical standards for AI Under theme ‘AI for humanity,’ standards have three pillars: human dignity, public benefit, rightful purpose of technology | South Korea drew up its first-ever ethical standards for artificial intelligence, with a focus on humanity-centered technology. On Wednesday, the government’s presidential committee on the “fourth industrial revolution approved the AI ethical standards, which were proposed by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Information Society Development Institute. Under the main theme “AI for humanity,” the ethical standards recommend following three pillars when using AI: human dignity, public benefit and the rightful purpose of technology.