Machine Ethics : From Machine Morals to the Machinery of Morality / by Luís Moniz Pereira, António Barata Lopes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pereira, Luís Moniz, author.

Lopes, António Barata, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Computer Science (Springer-11645)

Studies in applied philosophy, epistemology and rational ethics 2192-6255 ; 53.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Engineering ethics.

Robotics.

Automation.

Cognitive psychology.

Artificial Intelligence.

Engineering Ethics.

Robotics and Automation.

Cognitive Psychology.

Local Subjects:

Artificial Intelligence.

Engineering Ethics.

Robotics and Automation.

Cognitive Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXV, 164 pages).

Edition:

First edition 2020.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-39630-5

9783030396305

9783030396299

9783030396312

9783030396329

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