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Social robotics development for the practice of care and European prospects to incorporate these AI-based systems in institutional healthcare contexts call for an urgent ethical reflection to (re)configurate our practical life according to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-07-27 Júlia Pareto Boada , Begoña Román Maestre , Carme Torras

Video games are one of the richest and most popular forms of human-computer interaction and, hence, their role is critical for our understanding of human behaviour and affect at a large scale. As artificial intelligence (AI) tools are…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-05-15 David Melhart , Julian Togelius , Benedikte Mikkelsen , Christoffer Holmgård , Georgios N. Yannakakis

As the possibilities for Artificial Intelligence (AI) have grown, so have concerns regarding its impacts on society and the environment. However, these issues are often raised separately; i.e. carbon footprint analyses of AI models…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Alexandra Sasha Luccioni , Giada Pistilli , Raesetje Sefala , Nyalleng Moorosi

Increasing interest in ensuring the safety of next-generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems calls for novel approaches to embedding morality into autonomous agents. This goal differs qualitatively from traditional task-specific AI…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Elizaveta Tennant , Stephen Hailes , Mirco Musolesi

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology which is increasingly being utilised in society and the economy worldwide, and its implementation is planned to become more prevalent in coming years. AI is increasingly being embedded in our…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-07-10 Angela Daly , Thilo Hagendorff , Li Hui , Monique Mann , Vidushi Marda , Ben Wagner , Wei Wang , Saskia Witteborn

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming our daily life with several applications in healthcare, space exploration, banking and finance. These rapid progresses in AI have brought increasing attention to the potential impacts of AI…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Lionel Nganyewou Tidjon , Foutse Khomh

Moral cognition is a crucial yet underexplored aspect of decision-making in AI models. Regardless of the application domain, it should be a consideration that allows for ethically aligned decision-making. This paper presents a multifaceted…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Aisha Aijaz , Raghava Mutharaju , Manohar Kumar

In the last five years, private companies, research institutions as well as public sector organisations have issued principles and guidelines for ethical AI, yet there is debate about both what constitutes "ethical AI" and which ethical…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Anna Jobin , Marcello Ienca , Effy Vayena

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology epitomizes the complex challenges posed by human-made artifacts, particularly those widely integrated into society and exerting significant influence, highlighting potential benefits and their…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Michael Papademas , Xenia Ziouvelou , Antonis Troumpoukis , Vangelis Karkaletsis

Increasingly complex and autonomous systems require machine ethics to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks to society arising from the new technology. It is challenging to decide which type of ethical theory to employ and how to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-01-25 Suzanne Tolmeijer , Markus Kneer , Cristina Sarasua , Markus Christen , Abraham Bernstein

The ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) systems has risen as an imminent concern across scholarly communities. This concern has propagated a great interest in algorithmic fairness. Large research agendas are now devoted to increasing…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Kimi Wenzel , Geoff Kaufman , Laura Dabbish

A morally acceptable course of AI development should avoid two dangers: creating unaligned AI systems that pose a threat to humanity and mistreating AI systems that merit moral consideration in their own right. This paper argues these two…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Adam Bradley , Bradford Saad

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are increasingly embraced around the world to advance smart mobility and more broadly, smart, and sustainable cities. Algorithms form the basis of decision-making in AVs, allowing them to perform driving tasks…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-10-30 Hazel Si Min Lim , Araz Taeihagh

AI is transforming the existing technology landscape at a rapid phase enabling data-informed decision making and autonomous decision making. Unlike any other technology, because of the decision-making ability of AI, ethics and governance…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Mahendra Samarawickrama

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

Robots are becoming ever more autonomous. This expanding ability to take unsupervised decisions renders it imperative that mechanisms are in place to guarantee the safety of behaviours executed by the robot. Moreover, smart autonomous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-09-13 Dieter Vanderelst , Alan Winfield

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

The transfer of tasks with sometimes far-reaching moral implications to autonomous systems raises a number of ethical questions. In addition to fundamental questions about the moral agency of these systems, behavioral issues arise. This…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-01-28 Till Feier , Jan Gogoll , Matthias Uhl

The field of machine ethics is concerned with the question of how to embed ethical behaviors, or a means to determine ethical behaviors, into artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The goal is to produce artificial moral agents (AMAs) that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Adam Poulsen , Michael Anderson , Susan L. Anderson , Ben Byford , Fabio Fossa , Erica L. Neely , Alejandro Rosas , Alan Winfield

As AI systems increasingly permeate everyday life, designers and developers face mounting pressure to balance innovation with ethical design choices. To date, the operationalisation of AI ethics has predominantly depended on frameworks that…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Benjamin J. Carroll , Jianlong Zhou , Paul F. Burke , Sabine Ammon