The National Artificial Intelligence Code of Ethics
الميثاق الوطني لأخلاقيات الذكاء الاصطناعي
The National Artificial Intelligence Code of Ethics establishes a comprehensive ethical framework for the development, deployment, and usage of artificial intelligence in Jordan. Issued by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, it outlines eight core ethical principles including humanity, inclusiveness, transparency, reliability, and environmental sustainability. The document also provides specific guidelines for virtual environments and metaverse technologies, scientific research, risk mitigation, and compliance recommendations.
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Who issued it
Who it governs
This document is for individuals, public and private institutions, developers, operators, researchers, and policymakers involved with artificial intelligence technologies.
What the document contains
The document addresses ethical principles, guidelines, and risk management strategies for artificial intelligence development and deployment. It covers data privacy, algorithmic bias, transparency requirements, metaverse and virtual environment governance, and ethical standards for AI scientific research.
The text does not contain specific binding statutory penalties, enforcement mechanisms, or formal legal adjudications for violations, relying instead on ethical recommendations, institutional adoption, and future regulatory alignment.
- The Code of ethics sets foundational principles to balance technological advancement with the protection of fundamental human rights and societal values.
- Eight core principles guide responsible AI use: humanity and society, inclusiveness and justice, privacy and data, transparency, responsibility and accountability, reliability, integrity and non-fakeness, and environment and sustainability.
- The document establishes specific ethical considerations for virtual environments and the metaverse, balancing the real and virtual worlds.
- Researchers in artificial intelligence are urged to evaluate long-term risks and ensure transparency and open access to data and source codes.
- Non-compliance with AI ethics poses serious societal, economic, psychological, and environmental risks that require active mitigation and monitoring.
· Introduction · First: Legal Reference · Second: The National Artificial Intelligence Code of Ethics · Third: Targeted Groups · Fourth: Ethical Principles for the Responsible Usage of Artificial Intelligence Technologies · Fifth: Principles related to the virtual environment and Metaverse world · Sixth: The ethics of Scientific Research in Artificial Intelligence · Seventh: The Risks of Not Adhering to the Artificial Intelligence Ethics · Eighth: General Guidelines and Recommendations to Ensure Better Compliance
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Accountability
4/5Clear responsibility for AI outcomes
Allocating and clarifying roles and responsibilities associated with artificial intelligence technologies in a way that ensures that individuals and institutions responsible for developing and operating these technologies can be held accountable
Fourth: Ethical Principles, 5. Responsibility and Accountability
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Fairness
4/5Non-discrimination and equitable treatment
The development of artificial intelligence should promote economic justice, social justice, digital justice and others, in addition to striving to eliminate all kinds of unfair discrimination and unequal opportunities.
Fourth: Ethical Principles, 2. Inclusiveness and Justice
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Human Dignity
4/5Respect for the inherent worth of persons
Preserving human dignity, role and status in society without forcing humans to submit to artificial intelligence decisions without granting AI the right of human intervention.
Fourth: Ethical Principles, 1. Humanity and Society
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Human Oversight
4/5Humans remain in control of consequential decisions
That human control prevails in the productive environment of Metaverse.
Fifth: Principles Related to the Virtual Environment and Metaverse World
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Privacy
4/5Protection of personal data and private life
Not monitor individuals or track their actions, data, or characteristics, or what results from their interaction with the digital systems in a way that infringes their independence and does not respect their private lives.
Fourth: Ethical Principles, 3. Privacy and Data
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Transparency
4/5Openness about how AI systems work and are used
Explaining the foundations of artificial intelligence techniques in a simple and understandable way, and ensuring the ability to explain and interpret in a way that suits the context and consequences.
Fourth: Ethical Principles, 4. Transparency
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Enforcement
2/5Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force
Encouraging developing entities, service providers and operators of artificial intelligence systems to internally adopt this Code of Ethics
Eighth: General Guidelines and Recommendations
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Impact Assessment
4/5Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use
Researchers should evaluate and study the risks and results of their research on human life and provide a future vision to reduce the misuse
Sixth: The Ethics of Scientific Research in Artificial Intelligence
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