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<p>AIs’ presence in and influence on human life is growing. AIs are seen more and more as autonomously acting agents, which creates a challenge to build ethics into their design. This paper defends the thesis that we need to equip AI with artificial conscience to make them capable of wise judgements. An argument is built in three steps. First, the concept of decision is presented, and second, the Asilomar Principles for AI development are analysed. It is then shown that to meet those principles AI needs the capability of passing moral judgements on right and wrong, of following that judgement, and of passing a meta-judgement on the correctness of a given moral judgement, which is a role of conscience. In classical philosophy, the ability to discover right and wrong and to stick to one's judgement of what is right action in given circumstances is called <italic>practical wisdom</italic>. The conclusion is that we should equip AI with artificial wisdom. Some problems stemming from ascribing moral agency to AIs are also indicated.</p>
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AIs’ presence in and influence on human life is growing. AIs are seen more and more as autonomously acting agents, which creates a challenge to build ethics into their design. This paper defends the thesis that we need to equip AI with artificial conscience to make them capable of wise judgements. An argument is built in three steps. First, the concept of decision is presented, and second, the Asilomar Principles for AI development are analysed. It is then shown that to meet those principles AI needs the capability of passing moral judgements on right and wrong, of following that judgement, and of passing a meta-judgement on the correctness of a given moral judgement, which is a role of conscience. In classical philosophy, the ability to discover right and wrong and to stick to one's judgement of what is right action in given circumstances is called practical wisdom. The conclusion is that we should equip AI with artificial wisdom. Some problems stemming from ascribing moral agency to AIs are also indicated.

Morality in the AI World

John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Law and Business

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AIs’ presence in and influence on human life is growing. AIs are seen more and more as autonomously acting agents, which creates a challenge to build ethics...

Morality in the AI World

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Nov 27, 2021

Page range: 44 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/law-2021-0006

Keywords
artificial intelligence, Asilomar Principles, moral judgement, artificial conscience, artificial wisdom

© 2021 Agnieszka Lekka-Kowalik, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Morality in the AI World

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Nov 27, 2021

Page range: 44 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/law-2021-0006

Keywordsartificial intelligence, Asilomar Principles, moral judgement, artificial conscience, artificial wisdom

© 2021 Agnieszka Lekka-Kowalik, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
artificial intelligence, Asilomar Principles, moral judgement, artificial conscience, artificial wisdom