Ethics, Artificial Intelligence & Society
Artificial intelligence is a rapidly evolving field that extends across technologies ranging from machine learning and data mining to increasingly sophisticated autonomous systems. As these technologies become more capable of performing tasks associated with learning and intelligence, they introduce complex questions about how AI should be designed, developed, governed, and used.
This volume examines the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence while placing current debates within a broader historical and conceptual context. It brings together established discussions and emerging areas of inquiry to provide a deeper examination of the relationship between intelligent technologies and society.
Exploring the Ethical Questions of AI
The book considers how increasingly autonomous AI systems may affect individuals, institutions, democratic processes, and society, while exploring the ethical frameworks needed to understand and respond to these developments.
Key Areas of Discussion
- Ethical challenges created by artificial intelligence
- Machine learning and data mining
- Autonomous and intelligent AI systems
- Individual and societal welfare
- Democratic decision-making and AI
- Moral agency and responsibility
- Preventing harm through responsible AI development
- Ethical questions surrounding AI applications in areas such as medicine
- The potential status of AI as a form of consciousness
- Possible rights and duties associated with advanced AI
From Current Applications to Future Possibilities
The discussion ranges from ethical considerations surrounding specific applications of machine learning to broader questions about the nature of intelligence, autonomy, consciousness, and the possible moral status of artificial intelligence.
A Broader Perspective on AI Ethics
By connecting practical AI applications with wider philosophical and ethical questions, this work provides a framework for thinking critically about the responsibilities that accompany increasingly intelligent technologies.
It is suited to readers interested in artificial intelligence, technology ethics, philosophy, governance, machine learning, and the social consequences of emerging intelligent systems.
