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Foundations of an Ethical Framework for AI Entities: the Ethics of Systems
Dameski, Andrej
2020
 

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Keywords :
AI ethics; ethics; philosophy of information; ethics of information; systems theory; general systems theory; systems science; ethics of systems; AI & law; agent-based simulations; digitization
Abstract :
[en] The field of AI ethics during the current and previous decade is receiving an increasing amount of attention from all involved stakeholders: the public, science, philosophy, religious organizations, enterprises, governments, and various organizations. However, this field currently lacks consensus on scope, ethico-philosophical foundations, or common methodology. This thesis aims to contribute towards filling this gap by providing an answer to the two main research questions: first, what theory can explain moral scenarios in which AI entities are participants?; and second, what theory can explain the process of moral reasoning, decision and action, for AI entities in virtual, simulated and real-life moral scenarios? This thesis answers these two research questions with its two main contributions to the field of AI ethics, a substantial (ethico-philosophical) and a methodological contribution. The substantial contribution is a coherent and novel theory named Ethics of Systems Framework, as well as a possible inception of a new field of study: ethics of systems. The methodological contribution is the creation of its main methodological tool, the Ethics of Systems Interface. The second part of the research effort was focused on testing and demonstrating the capacities of the Ethics of Systems Framework and Interface in modeling and managing moral scenarios in which AI and other entities participate. Further work can focus on building on top of the foundations of the Framework provided here, increasing the scope of moral theories and simulated scenarios, improving the level of detail and parameters to reflect real-life situations, and field-testing the Framework on actual AI systems.
Disciplines :
Law, criminology & political science: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Computer science
Philosophy & ethics
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Metalaw, Roman law, history of law & comparative law
Author, co-author :
Dameski, Andrej ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC)
Language :
English
Title :
Foundations of an Ethical Framework for AI Entities: the Ethics of Systems
Defense date :
06 November 2020
Number of pages :
242
Institution :
Unilu - University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
UNIBO - Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Degree :
Docteur de l'Université du Luxembourg en Informatique & Dottore di Ricerca in Law, Science and Technology
Promotor :
Sartor, Giovanni
van der Torre, Leon 
President :
Araszkiewicz, Michał
Jury member :
Lorini, Emiliano
Maranhão, Juliano
Focus Area :
Law / European Law
Security, Reliability and Trust
Funders :
myself and my parents
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