  Intelligent software systems (e.g., conversational agents, profiling systems,
recruitment systems) are often designed in a manner which may perpetuates
anti-Black racism and other forms of socio-cultural discrimination. This may
reinforce social inequities by supporting the automation of consequential and
sometimes unfair decisions that may be made by such systems and which may have
an adverse impact on credit scores, insurance payouts, and even health
evaluations, just to name a few. My lightning talk will therefore emphasize the
need to propose a new type of non-functional requirements called ECI (emotional
and cultural intelligence) requirements that will aim at developing
discrimination-aware intelligent software systems. Such systems will notably be
able to behave empathetically toward everyone, including minoritized groups and
will ensure they are treated fairly. My talk will also emphasize the need to
develop novel system assurance solutions to assure these ECI requirements are
sufficiently supported by intelligent software systems.
