Motivations and risks of machine ethics

S Cave, R Nyrup, K Vold, A Weller - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper surveys reasons for and against pursuing the field of machine ethics, understood
as research aiming to build “ethical machines.” We clarify the nature of this goal, why it is …

[HTML][HTML] Robotic development for the nuclear environment: challenges and strategy

R Smith, E Cucco, C Fairbairn - Robotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Improvements in robotics and artificial intelligence have enabled robotics to be developed
for use in a nuclear environment. However, the harsh environment and dangerous nature of …

The current state of industrial practice in artificial intelligence ethics

V Vakkuri, KK Kemell, J Kultanen… - Ieee Software, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-level guidelines and tools for managing artificial intelligence (AI) ethics have been
introduced to help industry organizations make more ethical AI systems. The results of a …

[HTML][HTML] Operationalising AI ethics: how are companies bridging the gap between practice and principles? An exploratory study

JC Ibáñez, MV Olmeda - Ai & Society, 2022 - Springer
Despite the increase in the research field of ethics in artificial intelligence, most efforts have
focused on the debate about principles and guidelines for responsible AI, but not enough …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a framework for certification of reliable autonomous systems

M Fisher, V Mascardi, KY Rozier, BH Schlingloff… - Autonomous Agents and …, 2021 - Springer
A computational system is called autonomous if it is able to make its own decisions, or take
its own actions, without human supervision or control. The capability and spread of such …

Predicting Human Decision-Making

A Rosenfeld, S Kraus - … Human Decision-Making: From Prediction to Action, 2018 - Springer
Designing intelligent agents that interact proficiently with people necessitates the prediction
of human decision-making. We present and discuss three prediction paradigms for …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical challenges in the development of virtual assistants powered by large language models

A Piñeiro-Martín, C García-Mateo, L Docío-Fernández… - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Virtual assistants (VAs) have gained widespread popularity across a wide range of
applications, and the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, has …

Unpredictability of AI: On the impossibility of accurately predicting all actions of a smarter agent

RV Yampolskiy - Journal of Artificial Intelligence and …, 2020 - World Scientific
The young field of AI Safety is still in the process of identifying its challenges and limitations.
In this paper, we formally describe one such impossibility result, namely Unpredictability of …

[PDF][PDF] “This is just a prototype”: How ethics are ignored in software startup-like environments

V Vakkuri, KK Kemell, M Jantunen… - … Conference on Agile …, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions are becoming increasingly common in software
development endeavors, and consequently exert a growing societal influence as well. Due …

Ethical and social aspects of self-driving cars

T Holstein, G Dodig-Crnkovic, P Pelliccione - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
As an envisaged future of transportation, self-driving cars are being discussed from various
perspectives, including social, economical, engineering, computer science, design, and …