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The Ultimate Black Box: The Thorny Issue of Programming Moral Standards in Machines (June 2018)

Krishna Sood (Author)

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Volume: 37
Issue: 2
Pages: 27-29
Publication date: June 2018
Language: English

DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2018.2826062

Publication Date: June 2018
Edition Details: Magazine department: Industry View

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Software Ethics Algorithms Safety Technology and ethics Error Artificial intelligence Autonomous vehicles Engineering, human factors 21st century

The transitory and subjective nature of moral inclinations requires ongoing evaluation and iteration of the algorithmic training to ensure that the output continues to resonate broadly with societal norms. Humans, however, are fallible, and morality is a human construct that is subject to change. Despite an engineer's best efforts to train and test an algorithm prior to release, there may be edge cases in which the outcome affronts our (individual and collective) moral principles. As a society, we are generally accepting of human error. We are less forgiving of technology. When presented with hard, ethical dilemmas, is it (morally) justified for humans to demand a higher standard of a mere machine?

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