A much needed paper by Carina Prunkl and Jess Whittlestone shedding light in a polarized research and practice community that can clearly benefit from more collaboration and greater understanding of each other's work. … [Read more...] about Research summary: Beyond Near- and Long-Term: Towards a Clearer Account of Research Priorities in AI Ethics and Society
Research summary: Algorithmic Injustices towards a Relational Ethics
This paper presented by Abebe Birhane and Fred Cummins at the Black in AI workshop at NeurIPS 2019 elucidates how the current paradigm in research on building fair, inclusive AI systems falls short in addressing the real … [Read more...] about Research summary: Algorithmic Injustices towards a Relational Ethics
Research summary: AI Mediated Exchange Theory by Xiao Ma and Taylor W. Brown
This paper by Xiao Ma and Taylor W. Brown puts forth a framework that extends the well studied Social Exchange Theory (SET) to study human-AI interactions via mediation mechanisms. The authors make a case for how current … [Read more...] about Research summary: AI Mediated Exchange Theory by Xiao Ma and Taylor W. Brown
The Nonexistent Moral Agency of Robots – A Lack of Intentionality and Free Will
By Florence Simon (Philosophy & Psychology, McGill University) This paper addresses the concerns mentioned in Sullins’ article “When is a Robot a Moral Agent?” in addition to exploring Selmer Bringsjord’s … [Read more...] about The Nonexistent Moral Agency of Robots – A Lack of Intentionality and Free Will
Computers, Creativity and Copyright: Autonomous Robot’s Status, Authorship, and Outdated Copyright Laws
Featured image credit: Owen Smith By Tess Buckley (Philosophy & International Development, McGill University) Preview: This paper will argue that a robot has a degree of autonomy. It will then be … [Read more...] about Computers, Creativity and Copyright: Autonomous Robot’s Status, Authorship, and Outdated Copyright Laws