Women's Biz Magazine
The Rise of
Ethical AI Alice Irving
O HOW WOULD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHANGE THE ETHICAL LANDSCAPE? RESEARCHERS AND FUTUROLOGISTS ARE STILL DEBATING THE IMPLICATIONS OF AI ON SOCIETY. FOR SOME, IT WILL USHER IN A NEW MILLENNIUM OF EQUALITY AND FREEDOM. FOR OTHERS, IT WILL CAUSE MASS UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF INEQUALITY. YET DESPITE ALL THE UNKNOWNS, THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION REMAINS: HOW WILL AI AFFECT OUR ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR?
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ne way that AI could profoundly change ethics is by making it possible to generate informed decisions with less bias. This would be useful in organisations as well as in personal life. Another potential application of AI is in the field of moral decisionmaking. It could help people to make more principled choices, override their emotions, and act according to principles rather than instincts. Given that AI has the capacity to enhance human intelligence and create beneficial outcomes, it is likely that ethics will continue to evolve in tandem with it. The key question then is: how will these changes affect our day-to-day lives? We remain unsure, but one thing is for sure: ethical questions surrounding artificial intelligence are far from settled. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for decades, but in the past few years, it's become a popular topic of discussion. Many people are alarmed by the idea of ethics in AI, as they believe that machines will eventually overtake human supremacy. Currently, there are two main types of AI: supervised and unsupervised. Supervised AI is where a machine is trained by a human to recognize specific images or sounds. Unsupervised AI is where the machine learns on its own, without any
guidance from a human. Many people are apprehensive about the implications of non supervisory AI, as it may lead to machines that are able to learn and act on their own without any sort of ethical restraints. This could have disastrous consequences for our society as a whole. However, there are also legitimate ways that unsupervised AI could be used for good. For example, it could be used to automate tedious tasks, such as data entry or health diagnostics. As we continue to investigate the potential implications of AI, it's important to consider the ethical concerns surrounding it. However, we should also explore the potential benefits of this technology so that we can make informed decisions about its future development. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology becomes more sophisticated, it's becoming more ethically challenging. Just a few decades ago, AI was crude and robotic. Today, however, AI has become more life-like, with the potential to learn and grow on its own. With this evolution comes questions about its ethical properties. There is a long history of debate around the ethical implications of artificially intelligent entities. Early discussions around AI focused on fears that AI would become powerful enough to threaten humanity as a whole.
