Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future An Ecosystem Perspective on the Ethics of AI and Emerging Digital Technologies

• Main Author: Stahl, Bernd Carsten (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2021
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Research and Innovation Governance
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Ethics & moral philosophy; Ethical & social aspects of IT; Philosophy; Business ethics & social responsibility; Artificial Intelligence; Ethics; Computers and Society; Philosophy of Technology; Business Ethics; Applied Ethics; Ethics of Technology; Computer Ethics; Information Ethics; Responsible Research and Innovation; Innovation Ecosystem; Engineering Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility; Open Access
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as unemployment, economic exploitation and weakened democratic processes. There is even a prospect, ultimately, of super-intelligent machines replacing humans. The key question, then, is: how can we benefit from AI while addressing its ethical problems? This book presents an innovative answer to the question by presenting a different perspective on AI and its ethical consequences. Instead of looking at individual AI techniques, applications or ethical issues, we can understand AI as a system of ecosystems, consisting of numerous interdependent technologies, applications and stakeholders. Developing this idea, the book explores how AI ecosystems can be shaped to foster human flourishing. Drawing on rich empirical insights and detailed conceptual analysis, it suggests practical measures to ensure that AI is used to make the world a better place.