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Towards a Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence

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  • Considers approaches from outside computer science

  • Topical debate in the AI community

  • Describes the most recent initiatives to establish common frameworks

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. What Do We Need to Understand About Ethics?

    • Paula Boddington
    Pages 7-26
  3. Codes of Professional Ethics

    • Paula Boddington
    Pages 39-57
  4. How AI Challenges Professional Ethics

    • Paula Boddington
    Pages 59-65
  5. Some Suggestions for How to Proceed

    • Paula Boddington
    Pages 99-111
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 113-124

About this book

The author investigates how to produce realistic and workable ethical codes or regulations in this rapidly developing field to address the immediate and realistic longer-term issues facing us. She spells out the key ethical debates concisely, exposing all sides of the arguments, and addresses how codes of ethics or other regulations might feasibly be developed, looking for pitfalls and opportunities, drawing on lessons learned in other fields, and explaining key points of professional ethics.

The book provides a useful resource for those aiming to address the ethical challenges of AI research in meaningful and practical ways. 

Keywords

  • Artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Morality
  • Decision systems
  • Ethics
  • Human enhancement technologies
  • Artificially intelligent systems
  • Artificial autonomous systems
  • Robots
  • Social agents
  • Societal values;
  • Moral values
  • Legal values

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Paula Boddington

Bibliographic Information

Buying options

eBook USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-3-319-60648-4
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Hardcover Book USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)