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Record Nr.

UNISA996465463603316

Autore

Pereira Luís Moniz

Titolo

Machine Ethics [[electronic resource] ] : From Machine Morals to the Machinery of Morality / / by Luís Moniz Pereira, António Barata Lopes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-39630-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXV, 164 p.)

Collana

Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, , 2192-6255 ; ; 53

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Engineering ethics

Robotics

Automation

Cognitive psychology

Artificial Intelligence

Engineering Ethics

Robotics and Automation

Cognitive Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction and Synopsis -- Chapter 2: Artificial Intelligence, machine autonomy and emerging needs -- Chapter 3: Intelligence: from natural to artificial -- Chapter 4: Intelligence and autonomy in artificial agents -- Chapter 5: Cognition in context: an evolutionary logic impacting our individual and collective worlds -- Chapter 6: Being and appearance, or the omnipresence of algorithms -- Chapter 7: A question of epistemological nature: are there limits to AI enabled knowledge.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers the first systematic guide to machine ethics, bridging between computer science, social sciences and philosophy. Based on a dialogue between an AI scientist and a novelist philosopher, the book discusses important findings on which moral values machines can be taught and how. In turn, it investigates what kind of artificial



intelligence (AI) people do actually want. What are the main consequences of the integration of AI in people’s every-day life? In order to co-exist and collaborate with humans, machines need morality, but which moral values should we teach them? Moreover, how can we implement benevolent AI? These are just some of the questions carefully examined in the book, which offers a comprehensive account of ethical issues concerning AI, on the one hand, and a timely snapshot of the power and potential benefits of this technology on the other. Starting with an introduction to common-sense ethical principles, the book then guides the reader, helping them develop and understand more complex ethical concerns and placing them in a larger, technological context. The book makes these topics accessible to a non-expert audience, while also offering alternative reading pathways to inspire more specialized readers.