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10 - AI Ethics and Ethical AI

from Part II - Social and Moral Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2024

By
Paula Boddington
Edited by
Beth Singler  and
Fraser Watts
Beth Singler
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
Fraser Watts
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Summary

Many ethical questions about our future with intelligent machines rest upon assumptions concerning the origins, development and ideal future of humanity and of the universe, and hence overlap considerably with many religious questions. First, could computers themselves become moral in any sense, and could different components of morality – whatever they are – be instantiated in a computer? Second, could computers enhance the moral functioning of humans? Do computers potentially have a role in narrowing the gap between moral aspiration and how morality is actually lived out? Third, if we develop machines comparable in intelligence to humans, how should we treat them? This question is especially acute for embodied robots and human-like androids. Fourthly, numerous moral issues arise as society changes such that artificial intelligence plays an increasingly significant role in making decisions, with implications for how human beings function socially and as individuals, treat each other and access resources.

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ethicshuman naturenormative ethical theorymoral machinesenhancementtranshumanism
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The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence , pp. 165 - 181
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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