The Role of the Right to Explanation and Its Safeguards in the Realization of Trustworthy AI

Abstract

This paper presents a relationship timeline diagram between the GDPR safeguards introduced to secure data subjects’ right to explanation and the ethical principles of the Trustworthy AI framework laid out by the High-Level Expert Group. To create the desired output, we initially analyze the articles of the GDPR that establishes the foundation of the right to explanation. Then, we cover the relevant safeguards enabled to secure the right to explanation that should be regarded as an umbrella concept. We analyze the seven ethical principles required for the realization of trustworthy AI and associate them with the relevant safeguards. Finally, a relationship timeline diagram is presented in which the relationship between the safeguards, the articles creating these safeguards, and the corresponding ethical principles protected with these safeguards are demonstrated.