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With the powerful performance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) also comes prevalent ethical issues. Though governments and corporations have curated multiple AI ethics guidelines to curb unethical behavior of AI, the effect has been limited,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-08-19 Mengyi Wei , Zhixuan Zhou

Ethics in AI has become a debated topic of public and expert discourse in recent years. But what do people who build AI - AI practitioners - have to say about their understanding of AI ethics and the challenges associated with incorporating…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Aastha Pant , Rashina Hoda , Simone V. Spiegler , Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn , Burak Turhan

Scientific research organizations that are developing and deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are at the intersection of technological progress and ethical considerations. The push for Responsible AI (RAI) in such institutions…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Muneera Bano , Didar Zowghi , Pip Shea , Georgina Ibarra

Artificial intelligence (AI), although not able to currently capture the many complexities of humans, are slowly adapting to have certain capabilities of humans, many of which can revolutionize our world. AI systems, such as ChatGPT and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Jay Nemec

Contemporary robots are increasingly mimicking human social behaviours to facilitate interaction, such as smiling to signal approachability, or hesitating before taking an action to allow people time to react. Such techniques can activate a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-10 James M. Berzuk , Lauren Corcoran , Brannen McKenzie-Lefurgey , Katie Szilagyi , James E. Young

The aim of this extended abstract is to introduce five examples of ethical issues in HRI that could have potential ethical implications, particularly on HRI participants. We consider these examples important to discuss in order to reach a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-20 Julia Rosén , Jessica Lindblom , Erik Billing , Maurice Lamb

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems exert a growing influence on our society. As they become more ubiquitous, their potential negative impacts also become evident through various real-world incidents. Following such early incidents,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-11-26 Ville Vakkuri , Kai-Kristian Kemell , Pekka Abrahamsson

In recent years, we have witnessed a marked development and growth in Artificial Intelligence. The growth of the data volume generated by sensors and machines, combined with the information flow resulting from the user actions on the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Martim Veiga , Carlos J. Costa

Recent advances in AI applications have raised growing concerns about the need for ethical guidelines and regulations to mitigate the risks posed by these technologies. In this paper, we present a mixed-methods survey study - combining…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Wilder Baldwin , Sepideh Ghanavati , Manuel Woersdoerfer

In this paper we focus on artificial intelligence (AI) for governance, not governance for AI, and on just one aspect of governance, namely ethics audit. Different kinds of ethical audit bots are possible, but who makes the choices and what…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Siani Pearson , Martin Lloyd , Vivek Nallur

Generative AI enables automated, effective manipulation at scale. Despite the growing general ethical discussion around generative AI, the specific manipulation risks remain inadequately investigated. This article outlines essential…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Michael Klenk

It is very important to adhere strictly to ethical and social influences when delivering most of our life to artificial intelligence systems. With industry 4.0, the internet of things, data analysis and automation have begun to be of great…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-25 Tuncay Yigit , Utku Kose , Nilgun Sengoz

AI ethics is an emerging field with multiple, competing narratives about how to best solve the problem of building human values into machines. Two major approaches are focused on bias and compliance, respectively. But neither of these ideas…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-02-24 Thomas Krendl Gilbert , Megan Welle Brozek , Andrew Brozek

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to grow daily, more exciting (and somewhat controversial) technology emerges every other day. As we see the advancements in AI, we see more and more people becoming skeptical of it. This paper…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Prerana Khatiwada , Joshua Washington , Tyler Walsh , Ahmed Saif Hamed , Lokesh Bhatta

While the increased use of AI in the manufacturing sector has been widely noted, there is little understanding on the risks that it may raise in a manufacturing organisation. Although various high level frameworks and definitions have been…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Alexandra Brintrup , George Baryannis , Ashutosh Tiwari , Svetan Ratchev , Giovanna Martinez-Arellano , Jatinder Singh

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a ubiquitous concept in numerous domains, including the legal system. AI has the potential to revolutionize the functioning of the judiciary and the dispensation of justice. Incorporating AI into…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Angel Mary John , Aiswarya M. U. , Jerrin Thomas Panachakel

While various traditions under the 'virtue ethics' umbrella have been studied extensively and advocated by ethicists, it has not been clear that there exists a version of virtue ethics rigorous enough to be a target for machine ethics…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-01-01 Naveen Sundar Govindarajulu , Selmer Bringsjord , Rikhiya Ghosh

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a field that utilizes computing and often, data and statistics, intensively together to solve problems or make predictions. AI has been evolving with literally unbelievable speed over the past few years, and…

Other Statistics · Statistics 2024-10-31 Rochelle E. Tractenberg

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent, protecting personal privacy is a critical ethical issue that must be addressed. This article explores the need for ethical AI systems that safeguard individual privacy while complying…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Petar Radanliev , Omar Santos

Ethics is sometimes considered to be too abstract to be meaningfully implemented in artificial intelligence (AI). In this paper, we reflect on other aspects of computing that were previously considered to be very abstract. Yet, these are…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Vivek Nallur , Martin Lloyd , Siani Pearson