by Andreas Mourelatos, Scott H. Hawley | Jan 31, 2020 | Contributing Editor
Abstract As artificial intelligence grows and continues to become a part of human society, governments, organizations, companies and experts have been publishing lists of ethical principles — “AI Creeds,” if you will — in order to establish legal and moral...
by Don Howard, Ph.D | Jan 30, 2020 | Contributing Editor
When I was a graduate student in philosophy in the 1970s, I had the ambition to go on the job market with two specializations, philosophy of physics and technology ethics. That proved to be a mistake when, for the first and last time, I gave a technology ethics job...
by Steven J.P. Johnson | Jan 3, 2020 | Contributing Editor
Knock Knock … Who’s there – and what can I let you in to do? In both the real and virtual world this question is no joke as it gets to the heart of the security and well being of a system. As more and more of our lives are lived online and automated systems are...
by Elias Kruger | Nov 30, 2019 | Contributing Editor
It is hard to find balanced articles on AI now-a-days. Thankfully, Sigal Samuel’s piece on Robot Priests is a refreshing exception. Avoiding sensational claims and click-bait titles, Sigal provides a well balanced report on how robots are becoming part of...
by Jason Thacker | Nov 30, 2019 | Contributing Editor
On April 11 of this year, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission unveiled a new ethical framework and set of principles, called Artificial Intelligence: An Evangelical Statement of Principles, in a crowded room in Washington, D.C. This marked the first time that...
by Nathan Colaner, Ph.D | Oct 28, 2019 | Contributing Editor
There is considerable backlash against the idea that the trolley problem is a useful thought experiment to explore the ethics of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. While it is true that there are many conceptual pitfalls in its application, the trolley problem is...
