PHIL 326 Ethics in the Information Age -- Discussion Project: Ethical Principles for AI

 

Try to agree on a short list of principles that could be used to regulate the uses of (narrow) Artifical Intelligence. Take into account the kinds of examples and ideas that were put forward in the various things we read for this week.

Suggested procedure:

1. Begin by developing a list of problems that people see arising from current and near-term uses of AI. Use the readings for this week to remind you what these are.

2. Then try to decide what sorts of rules society could or should impose on developers and users of AI to address those problems.

3. Then consider how companies that are developing and deploying AI tools might object to these rules. What complaints and criticisms would they be likely to raise?

4. If you think of complaints or criticisms that seem to you to be valid, modify your rules to take them into account.