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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

Society's increasing dependence on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-enabled systems require a more practical approach from software engineering (SE) executives in middle and higher-level management to improve their involvement in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Mamia Agbese , Rahul Mohanani , Arif Ali Khan , Pekka Abrahamsson

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

Governments, industry, and academia have undertaken efforts to identify and mitigate harms in ML-driven systems, with a particular focus on social and ethical risks of ML components in complex sociotechnical systems. However, existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-10 Edgar W. Jatho , Logan O. Mailloux , Shalaleh Rismani , Eugene D. Williams , Joshua A. Kroll

An assurance case is a structured argument, typically produced by safety engineers, to communicate confidence that a critical or complex system, such as an aircraft, will be acceptably safe within its intended context. Assurance cases often…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Zoe Porter , Ibrahim Habli , John McDermid , Marten Kaas

Advances in machine learning (ML) technologies have greatly improved Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. As a result, AI systems have become ubiquitous, with their application prevalent in virtually all sectors. However, AI systems have…

Testing autonomous driving systems for safety and reliability is extremely complex. A primary challenge is identifying the relevant test scenarios, especially the critical ones that may expose hazards or risks of harm to autonomous vehicles…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-05-24 Qunying Song , Emelie Engström , Per Runeson

The ethical issues concerning the AI-based exoskeletons used in healthcare have already been studied literally rather than technically. How the ethical guidelines can be integrated into the development process has not been widely studied.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Huaxi , Zhang , Melanie Fontaine , Marianne Huchard , Baptiste Mereaux , Olivier Remy-Neris

As autonomous systems such as drones, become increasingly deployed in high-stakes, human-centric domains, it is critical to evaluate the ethical alignment since failure to do so imposes imminent danger to human lives, and long term bias in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Anjali Parashar , Yingke Li , Eric Yang Yu , Fei Chen , James Neidhoefer , Devesh Upadhyay , Chuchu Fan

Using LLMs in healthcare, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and Social Computing requires the examination of ethical and social norms to ensure safe incorporation into human life. We conducted a mixed-method study, including an online…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Omid Veisi , Sasan Bahrami , Roman Englert , Claudia Müller

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

As artificial intelligence systems become increasingly agentic, capable of general reasoning, planning, and value prioritization, current safety practices that treat obedience as a proxy for ethical behavior are becoming inadequate. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Joseph Boland

The use of machine learning (ML) in health care raises numerous ethical concerns, especially as models can amplify existing health inequities. Here, we outline ethical considerations for equitable ML in the advancement of health care.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-07-29 Irene Y. Chen , Emma Pierson , Sherri Rose , Shalmali Joshi , Kadija Ferryman , Marzyeh Ghassemi

Use of artificial intelligence is growing and expanding into applications that impact people's lives. People trust their technology without really understanding it or its limitations. There is the potential for harm and we are already…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Kyle Dent

Research conducted previously has focused on either attitudes toward or behaviors associated with autonomous driving. In this paper, we bridge these two dimensions by exploring how attitudes towards autonomous driving influence behavior in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-05 Enrico Del Re , Leonie Sauer , Marco Polli , Cristina Olaverri-Monreal

Here we discuss the four key principles of bio-medical ethics from surgical context. We elaborate on the definition of 'fairness' and its implications in AI system design, with taxonomy of algorithmic biases in AI. We discuss the shifts in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-07-29 Frank Rudzicz , Raeid Saqur

As Autonomous Systems (AS) become more ubiquitous in society, more responsible for our safety and our interaction with them more frequent, it is essential that they are trustworthy. Assessing the trustworthiness of AS is a mandatory…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-12 Gregory Chance , Dhaminda B. Abeywickrama , Beckett LeClair , Owen Kerr , Kerstin Eder

As global discourse on AI regulation gains momentum, this paper focuses on delineating the impact of ML on autonomy and fostering awareness. Respect for autonomy is a basic principle in bioethics that establishes persons as decision-makers.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Paula Subías-Beltrán , Oriol Pujol , Itziar de Lecuona

Human lives are important. The decision to allow self-driving vehicles operate on our roads carries great weight. This has been a hot topic of debate between policy-makers, technologists and public safety institutions. The recent Uber Inc.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-03 Puneet Kohli , Anjali Chadha

As autonomous vehicles have benefited the society, understanding the dynamic change of humans' trust during human-autonomous vehicle interaction can help to improve the safety and performance of autonomous driving. We designed and conducted…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-07-19 Shili Sheng , Erfan Pakdamanian , Kyungtae Han , BaekGyu Kim , Prashant Tiwari , Inki Kim , Lu Feng