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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

In order to construct an ethical artificial intelligence (AI) two complex problems must be overcome. Firstly, humans do not consistently agree on what is or is not ethical. Second, contemporary AI and machine learning methods tend to be…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Michael Timothy Bennett , Yoshihiro Maruyama

The recent revolution of intelligent systems made it possible for robots and autonomous systems to work alongside humans, collaborating with them and supporting them in many domains. It is undeniable that this interaction can have huge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Basel Alhaji , Andreas Rausch , Michael Prilla

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

As AI closely interacts with human society, it is crucial to ensure that its behavior is safe, altruistic, and aligned with human ethical and moral values. However, existing research on embedding ethical considerations into AI remains…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Feifei Zhao , Hui Feng , Haibo Tong , Zhengqiang Han , Erliang Lin , Enmeng Lu , Yinqian Sun , Yi Zeng

We consider two fundamental and related issues currently faced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) development: the lack of ethics and interpretability of AI decisions. Can interpretable AI decisions help to address ethics in AI? Using a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Jean-Marie John-Mathews

This paper describes current progress on developing an ethical architecture for robots that are designed to follow human ethical decision-making processes. We surveyed both regular adults (folks) and ethics experts (experts) on what they…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Shengkang Chen , Vidullan Surendran , Alan R. Wagner , Jason Borenstein , Ronald C. Arkin

Autonomous intelligent agents are playing increasingly important roles in our lives. They contain information about us and start to perform tasks on our behalves. Chatbots are an example of such agents that need to engage in a complex…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Abeer Dyoub , Stefania Costantini , Francesca A. Lisi

As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms society, developers and policymakers struggle to anticipate which applications will face public moral resistance. We propose that these judgments are not idiosyncratic but systematic and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Kimmo Eriksson , Simon Karlsson , Irina Vartanova , Pontus Strimling

There has been much discourse on the ethics of AI, to the extent that there are now systems that possess inherent moral reasoning. Such machines are now formally known as Artificial Moral Agents or AMAs. However, there is a requirement for…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Aisha Aijaz

Artificial Moral Agents (AMA's) is a field in computer science with the purpose of creating autonomous machines that can make moral decisions akin to how humans do. Researchers have proposed theoretical means of creating such machines,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-03-03 George Rautenbach , C. Maria Keet

In the diverse array of work investigating the nature of human values from psychology, philosophy and social sciences, there is a clear consensus that values guide behaviour. More recently, a recognition that values provide a means to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Nardine Osman , Mark d'Inverno

As human science pushes the boundaries towards the development of artificial intelligence (AI), the sweep of progress has caused scholars and policymakers alike to question the legality of applying or utilising AI in various human…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Dr Brendan Walker-Munro , Dr Zena Assaad

While we have witnessed a rapid growth of ethics documents meant to guide AI development, the promotion of AI ethics has nonetheless proceeded with little input from AI practitioners themselves. Given the proliferation of AI for Social Good…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-01-07 Mark Findlay , Josephine Seah

The impact of Artificial Intelligence does not depend only on fundamental research and technological developments, but for a large part on how these systems are introduced into society and used in everyday situations. AI is changing the way…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-05-24 Virginia Dignum

Artificial Intelligence is currently and rapidly changing the way organizations and businesses operate. Ethical leadership has become significantly important since organizations and businesses across various sectors are evolving with AI.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Udaya Chandrika Kandasamy

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

Recent research illustrates how AI can be developed and deployed in a manner detached from the concrete social context of application. By abstracting from the contexts of AI application, practitioners also disengage from the distinct…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Alexander Martin Mussgnug

The ethics of human-robot interaction (HRI) have been discussed extensively based on three traditional frameworks: deontology, consequentialism, and virtue ethics. We conducted a mixed within/between experiment to investigate Sparrow's…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Minyi Wang , Christoph Bartneck , Michael-John Turp , David Kaber

In this essay, I argue that explicit ethical machines, whose moral principles are inferred through a bottom-up approach, are unable to replicate human-like moral reasoning and cannot be considered moral agents. By utilizing Alan Turing's…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Massimo Passamonti