Towards a Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence

The author investigates how to produce realistic and workable ethical codes or regulations in this rapidly developing field to address the immediate and realistic longer-term issues facing us. She spells out the key ethical debates concisely, exposing all sides of the arguments, and addresses how codes of ethics or other regulations might feasibly be developed, looking for pitfalls and opportunities, drawing on lessons learned in other fields, and explaining key points of professional ethics.
The book provides a useful resource for those aiming to address the ethical challenges of AI research in meaningful and practical ways.

List of contents

Introduction to AI and Ethics.- What Do We Need to Understand About Ethics?.- What's Special About Ethical Questions in AI?.- Codes of Professional Ethics.- How AI Challenges Professional Ethics.- Developing Codes of Ethics Amidst Fast Technological Change.- Some Characteristic Pitfalls and Questions in Considering Ethics of AI.- Some Suggestions for How to Proceed.

Product details

• Authors: Paula Boddington
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2018
• EAN: 9783319869056
• ISBN: 978-3-31-986905-6
• No. of pages: 124
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 237 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 231 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 124 p.
• Series: Artificial Intelligence: Foundations, Theory, and Algorithms
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; B, Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie, Ethics, Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Artificial Intelligence, Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, computer science, Philosophy of Science, Ethics & moral philosophy, Computers and Society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Computers and civilization, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Philosophy and science, User interface design & usability, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, User interfaces (Computer systems)