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New Frontiers For Computer Ethics

Artificial Intelligence, Cyberspace, And Virtual Reality

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Artificial intelligence (AI), cyberspace (CP), and virtual reality (VR) are all exciting technological frontiers offering novel environments with unlimited possibilities. The AI environment works with the possibilities of understanding and extending knowledge to create intelligent agents perhaps with a human-value base, intended to help solve human problems; the CP environment investigates the reality of the assumed presence of objects and peers: You know they are there, but you do not know where or who is “really” out there; and the VR environment simulates the reality of “other worlds” through modeling and creating better tools for understanding the complexities of our world, thus moving humanity closer to a better way of living.

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    Joseph Migga Kizza

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(2003). New Frontiers For Computer Ethics. In: Kizza, J.M. (eds) Ethical And Social Issues In The Information Age. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22466-4_10

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