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This is the introduction to the volume. It highlights the various “seasons” through which the development of AI has gone, and how the failures and successes of AI raise ethical questions, and require an ethical approach.
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Even the BBC, which has contributed to the hype (see for example: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031wmt7), now acknowldges it might have been… a hype: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51064369
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Floridi, L. (2021). Introduction – The Importance of an Ethics-First Approach to the Development of AI. In: Floridi, L. (eds) Ethics, Governance, and Policies in Artificial Intelligence. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 144. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81907-1_1
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