Science and engineering ethics
Nov 12, 2021
Over the past few years, there has been a proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) strategies, released by governments around the world, that seek to maximise the benefits of AI and minimise potential harms. This article provides a comparative a...
Science and engineering ethics
Sep 3, 2021
A number of Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics frameworks have been published in the last 6 years in response to the growing concerns posed by the adoption of AI in different sectors, including healthcare. While there is a strong culture of medical ...
Science and engineering ethics
Aug 24, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic technologies have become nearly ubiquitous. In some ways, the developments have likely helped us, but in other ways sophisticated technologies set back our interests. Among the latter sort is what has been dub...
Science and engineering ethics
Aug 3, 2021
The use of drones (or unmanned aerial vehicles, UVAs) in humanitarian action has emerged rapidly in the last decade and continues to expand. These so-called 'humanitarian drones' represent the first wave of robotics applied in the humanitarian and de...
Science and engineering ethics
Jul 6, 2021
Artificial intelligence can be a game changer to address the global challenge of humanity-threatening climate change by fostering sustainable development. Since chemical research and development lay the foundation for innovative products and solution...
Science and engineering ethics
Jun 1, 2021
Whereas using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict natural hazards is promising, applying a predictive policing algorithm (PPA) to predict human threats to others continues to be debated. Whereas PPAs were reported to be initially successful in Ge...
Science and engineering ethics
Mar 17, 2021
Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) are increasingly conceived as applicable tools to be used in aged care. However, the use carries many negative and positive connotations. Negative connotations come forth out of romanticized views of care practices, d...
Science and engineering ethics
Mar 8, 2021
This study investigates the ethical use of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies (BD + AI)-using an empirical approach. The paper categorises the current literature and presents a multi-case study of 'on-the-ground' ethical issues th...
Science and engineering ethics
Feb 19, 2021
In the development of governmental policy for artificial intelligence (AI) that is informed by ethics, one avenue currently pursued is that of drawing on "AI Ethics Principles". However, these AI Ethics Principles often fail to be actioned in governm...
Science and engineering ethics
Nov 16, 2020
In this article, we develop the concept of Transparency by Design that serves as practical guidance in helping promote the beneficial functions of transparency while mitigating its challenges in automated-decision making (ADM) environments. With the ...