Machine Ethics: Do Androids Dream of Being Good People?
Is ethics a computable function? Can machines learn ethics like humans do? If teaching consists in no more than programming, training, indoctrinating… and if ethics is merely following a code of conduct, then yes, we can teach ethics to algorithmic machines. But if ethics is not merely about followi...
| Publicado en: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 1 - 18 |
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Apr2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=162693388&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 162693388 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13533452 GNI jtl: Science & Engineering Ethics issn: 13533452 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2023 vid: 29 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 162693388 10.1007/s11948-023-00433-5 ppf: 1 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 796KB tig: atl: Machine Ethics: Do Androids Dream of Being Good People? aug: au: Génova, Gonzalo Moreno, Valentín González, M. Rosario affil: Computer Science and Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avda. Universidad 30, 28911, Leganés, Madrid, Spain Department of Educational Studies, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Rector Royo Vilanova S/N, 28040, Madrid, Spain sug: keyword: Artificial intelligence Computability Intentional action Machine ethics Moral codes of conduct Rationality of ethics ab: Is ethics a computable function? Can machines learn ethics like humans do? If teaching consists in no more than programming, training, indoctrinating… and if ethics is merely following a code of conduct, then yes, we can teach ethics to algorithmic machines. But if ethics is not merely about following a code of conduct or about imitating the behavior of others, then an approach based on computing outcomes, and on the reduction of ethics to the compilation and application of a set of rules, either a priori or learned, misses the point. Our intention is not to solve the technical problem of machine ethics, but to learn something about human ethics, and its rationality, by reflecting on the ethics that can and should be implemented in machines. Any machine ethics implementation will have to face a number of fundamental or conceptual problems, which in the end refer to philosophical questions, such as: what is a human being (or more generally, what is a worthy being); what is human intentional acting; and how are intentional actions and their consequences morally evaluated. We are convinced that a proper understanding of ethical issues in AI can teach us something valuable about ourselves, and what it means to lead a free and responsible ethical life, that is, being good people beyond merely “following a moral code”. In the end we believe that rationality must be seen to involve more than just computing, and that value rationality is beyond numbers. Such an understanding is a required step to recovering a renewed rationality of ethics, one that is urgently needed in our highly technified society. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Science & Engineering Ethics is a copyright of Springer, 2023. All Rights Reserved. item: Science & Engineering Ethics holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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