2021-07-05 – CEPE/IACAP Joint Conference 2021
Online conference on July 5-9, 2021. The philosophy and ethics of artificial intelligence will serve as a guiding theme. This is a joint conference of the International Society of Ethics . . .
Philosophy
The problem with “moral machines”
Podcast episode with Robert Sparrow, Professor of Philosophy, Monash University. 28 minutes. There’s a lot of talk these days about building ethics into artificial intelligence systems, so that (for example) . . .
The Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University
Organization founded in 2021. The Institute for Ethics in AI will bring together world-leading philosophers and other experts in the humanities with the technical developers and users of AI in . . .
Why machines cannot be moral
Journal Article by Robert Sparrow. Published in AI & Society. Abstract: The fact that real-world decisions made by artificial intelligences (AI) are often ethically loaded has led a number of . . .
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering
Book edited by Edited By Diane P. Michelfelder and Neelke Doorn. Published by Routledge. 792 pages. Engineering has always been a part of human life but has only recently become . . .
Value Sensitive Design with Steven Umbrello
Podcast episode with Ethical Intelligence Expert Steven Umbrello on the topic of Value Sensitive Design. In this episode of Building Ethical Intelligence we discuss Steven’s experience in working with engineers to apply Value . . .
The Journal of Sociotechnical Critique
Journal launched in December 2020. A no-fee open-access peer-reviewed scholarly journal that seeks to support theoretically-engaged critical, public, and activist work at the intersections of philosophy of technology, internet studies, . . .
Conceptualizing Policy in Value Sensitive Design: A Machine Ethics Approach
Book chapter by Steven Umbrello. Published in Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Abstract: The value sensitive design (VSD) approach to designing emerging technologies for . . .
AI and ethics
Article by Susan Leigh Anderson and Michael Anderson. Published in AI and Ethics. Abstract: Since it is of critical importance that autonomous systems, whether software or hardware, that interact with . . .
AI and moral thinking: how can we live well with machines to enhance our moral agency?
Article by Paula Boddington. Published in AI and Ethics. Abstract: Humans should never relinquish moral agency to machines, and machines should be ‘aligned’ with human values; but we also need . . .
Artificial Intelligence, Values, and Alignment
Article by Iason Gabriel. Published in Minds and Machines. Abstract: This paper looks at philosophical questions that arise in the context of AI alignment. It defends three propositions. First, normative . . .
Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
Book edited by S. Matthew Liao. Published by Oxford University Press. 542 pages. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies rapidly progress, questions about the ethics of AI, in both the near-future . . .