Artificial Intelligence, Responsibility Attribution, and a Relational Justification of Explainability.

This paper discusses the problem of responsibility attribution raised by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. It is assumed that only humans can be responsible agents; yet this alone already raises many issues, which are discussed starting from two Aristotelian conditions for respon...

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Publicado en:Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 2051 - 2069
Autor principal: Coeckelbergh, Mark
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Aug2020
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        Answerability
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        Moral agency
        Moral patiency
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