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The ethics of artificial intelligence covers a broad range of topics within AI that are considered to have particular ethical stakes. This includes algorithmic biases, fairness, accountability, transparency, privacy, and regulation, particularly where systems influence or automate human decision-making. It also covers various emerging or potential future challenges such as machine ethics, lethal autonomous weapon systems, arms race dynamics, AI safety and alignment, technological unemployment, AI-enabled misinformation, how to treat certain AI systems if they have a moral status, artificial superintelligence and existential risks.
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GroszBaruch SpinozaBas van FraassenBatch normalizationBayesian networkBernard WidrowBernard WilliamsBertrand RussellBias–variance tradeoffBicentennial Man (film)Big TechBill HibbardBill JoyBioethicsBioweaponsBitter lessonBlack MirrorBlack boxBlack in AIBlameBreast cancerBuddhist ethicsBusiness ethicsC. D. BroadCIANCOMPAS (software)COVID-19Cambridge PressCambridge University PressCarl Gustav HempelCasuistryCausalityCenter for AI SafetyCenter for Applied RationalityCenter for Human-Compatible Artificial IntelligenceCenter for Security and Emerging TechnologyCentre for the Study of Existential RiskCharles Sanders PeirceCharles Taylor (philosopher)Chatbot psychosisChinaChinese roomChristian ethicsChristine KorsgaardChristoph LütgeChristopher D. ManningCiceroCisgenderClaude ShannonCliff ShawClinical decision support systemCloud computingCluster analysisCognitivism (ethics)CoherentismCommensurability (philosophy of science)Common senseCompassionCompetition in artificial intelligenceComputationalismComputer Power and Human ReasonComputer ethicsComputer visionComputingComputing Community ConsortiumConfirmation holismConfucianismConfuciusConjugate gradient methodConscienceConsentConsequentialismConsilienceConstruct (philosophy)Constructive empiricismConstructive realismConstructivist epistemologyContextualismControl variableConvention on Certain Conventional WeaponsConventionalismConvolutionConvolutional neural networkCorrelationCorrelation functionCreative Commons licenseCreative synthesisCriticism of scienceCulture of lifeCyberattackDALL-EDARPADan HendrycksDaniel Kokotajlo (researcher)Dario AmodeiData augmentationData centerData colonialismData for Black LivesData scrapingDavid ChalmersDavid HumeDavid Silver (computer scientist)Dead internet theoryDeceptive alignmentDecision treeDeductive-nomological modelDeep learningDeep learning speech synthesisDeepfakeDeepfake pornographyDemarcation problemDemis HassabisDeontological ethicsDependent and independent variablesDerek ParfitDescriptive ethicsDescriptive researchDesert (philosophy)Design of experimentsDeterminismDietrich BonhoefferDifferentiable neural computerDiffusion processDigital ecosystemDigital governanceDignityDiogenesDiscourse ethicsDiscriminationDistributed denial-of-serviceDivine command theoryDo You Trust This Computer?Double descentDouble standardDream Machine (text-to-video model)DutyEUEcho state networkEconomic ethicsEffective accelerationismEffective altruismEgalitarianismEither/Or (Kierkegaard book)Elaine HerzbergElectronic wasteElements of the Philosophy of RightEleutherAIElevenLabsEliezer YudkowskyElon MuskEmergency Medical HologramEmotivismEmpathyEmpirical evidenceEmpiricismEngineering ethicsEntry into forceEnvironmental ethicsEnvironmental impact of artificial intelligenceEpicureanismEpistemological anarchismEpistemologyEthical decisionEthical intuitionismEthical naturalismEthical non-naturalismEthical subjectivismEthicsEthics (Spinoza book)Ethics in religionEthics of careEthics of eating meatEthics of technologyEthics of terraformingEthics of uncertain sentienceEthnicityEtiquetteEudaimoniaEuropean CommissionEuropean Council on Foreign RelationsEuthyphro dilemmaEvidence-based practiceEvilEvolutionary algorithmEvolutionary ethicsEvolutionismExact sciencesExistential risk from artificial general intelligenceExistential risk from artificial intelligenceExistentialismExperimentExplainable artificial intelligenceExplanatory powerExpressivismFacebookFacial recognition systemFactFactory farmingFairness (machine learning)Faith and rationalityFallibilismFalsifiabilityFamily valuesFast fashionFei-Fei LiFeminist ethicsFeminist methodFidelityFine-tuning (deep learning)First presidency of Donald TrumpFlux (text-to-image model)FoundationalismFrancis BaconFrank RosenblattFrank WilczekFrankensteinFrançois CholletFree willFriedrich NietzscheFriendly AIFriendly artificial intelligenceFritz LangFunctional contextualismFuture of Humanity InstituteFuture of Life InstituteG. E. M. AnscombeG. E. MooreGNOMEGPT-3GPT ImageGalileo GalileiGame consoleGated recurrent unitGating mechanismGemma (language model)Gender stereotypesGeneral game playingGenerative AIGenerative adversarial networkGenerative artificial intelligenceGenerative audioGenerative engine optimizationGenetic algorithmGenie (world model)Geoffrey HintonGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorge Bernard ShawGlobal workspace theoryGlossary of artificial intelligenceGoodGood and evilGoogleGoogle DeepMindGoogle Gemini image generation controversyGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGovernmentGradient descentGraph neural networkGraphics processing unitGreedGrok sexual deepfake scandalGroundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsGroup of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons SystemsHacker cultureHallucination (artificial intelligence)Handwriting recognitionHanna WallachHans ReichenbachHappinessHard and soft scienceHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesHarvard UniversityHedonic treadmillHenri PoincaréHenry SidgwickHerbert A. SimonHertie SchoolHigher School of EconomicsHighway networkHistory and philosophy of scienceHistory of artificial intelligenceHistory of ethicsHonourHugging FaceHugo de GarisHuman CompatibleHuman enhancementHuman image synthesisHuman rightsHumanity's Last ExamHuman–AI interactionHuw PriceHybrid intelligent systemHyperparameter (machine learning)HypothesisHypothetico-deductive modelHypoxia (medicine)I, RobotI, Robot (film)IBMIBM WatsonIBM WatsonxID3 algorithmIEEEIEEE Standards AssociationITMO UniversityIan GoodfellowIan HackingIdeal (ethics)Ideal observer theoryIdeogram (text-to-image model)IdeologyIf Anyone Builds It, Everyone DiesIgnoramus et ignorabimusIlya SutskeverImagen (text-to-image model)Imitation learningImmanuel KantImmoralityImportanceImre LakatosInductionismInductive reasoningInformation technology auditInjusticeInquiryInsects in ethicsInstitute for Ethics and Emerging TechnologiesInstitute for Ethics in Artificial IntelligenceInstrumental and intrinsic valueInstrumental convergenceInstrumentalismIntegrated information theoryIntelligence explosionIntelligent agentInteractive voice responseInternet Encyclopedia of PhilosophyIntertheoretic reductionIntrinsic value (ethics)Isaac AsimovIsaac NewtonIslamic ethicsIt's the Most Terrible Time of the YearJ. L. MackieJaan TallinnJames GoodnightJamie MorgensternJan LeikeJapanese valuesJeremy BenthamJewish ethicsJoanna BrysonJohn DeweyJohn HopfieldJohn McCarthy (computer scientist)John RawlsJohn SchulmanJohn Stuart MillJohn TasioulasJohn ThuneJohn W. Campbell Jr.John von NeumannJonathan Birch (philosopher)Joseph ButlerJoseph WeizenbaumJournal of Artificial Intelligence and ConsciousnessJoxe AzurmendiJulia Carrie WongJusticeJürgen SchmidhuberK. Eric DrexlerKDEKamala HarrisKantian ethicsKarel ČapekKarl BarthKarl PearsonKarl PopperKenneth ColbyKevin WarwickKling AIKnowledge representation and reasoningKommersantKunihiko FukushimaLLaMALand ethicLanguage modelLarge language modelLarry LaudanLatent diffusion modelLausanneLeadLegal ethicsLethal autonomous weaponLeverhulme Centre for the Future of IntelligenceLewis ZimmermanLibertyList of artificial intelligence companiesList of artificial intelligence filmsList of artificial intelligence projectsList of ethicistsList of large language modelsList of machine learning algorithmsList of philosophers of scienceLlama (language model)London School of EconomicsLong short-term memoryLongtermismLoss functions for classificationLotfi A. ZadehLove, Death & RobotsLoyaltyLuciano FloridiMETRMachine Intelligence Research InstituteMachine ethicsMachine learningMachine learning in bioinformaticsMachine learning in earth sciencesMachine learning in physicsMachine translationMamba (deep learning architecture)Marketing ethicsMartha NussbaumMartin ReesMarvin MinskyMary ShelleyMax TegmarkMeasurementMedia ethicsMedical ethicsMenciusMercury (element)Meta PlatformsMetaethicsMetaverse lawMetropolis (1927 film)Michael PolanyiMicrosoftMidjourneyMilitary applications of artificial intelligenceMilitary robotsMill's methodsMiniMax (company)MisinformationMistral AIModel-dependent realismModel Context ProtocolMoral absolutismMoral agencyMoral circle expansionMoral constructivismMoral courageMoral hierarchyMoral imperativeMoral nihilismMoral particularismMoral psychologyMoral rationalismMoral realismMoral relativismMoral skepticismMoral statusMoral universalismMoralityMoscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyMoziMuZeroMultilayer perceptronMusic and artificial intelligenceMustafa SuleymanNGONYUNanosemanticsNate SoaresNathaniel Rochester (computer scientist)National Institute of Standards and TechnologyNatural language processingNaturalism (philosophy)Nature (philosophy)NegligenceNeural Turing machineNeural machine translationNeural networkNeural network (machine learning)Neuromorphic engineeringNick BostromNicomachean EthicsNoam ChomskyNoam ShazeerNon-cognitivismNon-scienceNonprofit organizationNorm (philosophy)Normalization (machine learning)Normative ethicsNormative scienceNull hypothesisNursing ethicsNvidiaOECDOasis (Minecraft clone)ObamaObjectivity (philosophy)ObservationOliver SelfridgeOlivier SibonyOn the Genealogy of MoralityOpen-source artificial intelligenceOpenAIOpenAI FiveOpen Philanthropy ProjectOpen knowledgeOpen letter on artificial intelligenceOpen sourceOptical character recognitionOriol VinyalsOsmosis (TV series)Otto NeurathOur Final InventionOutline of ethicsOverfittingOwain EvansOxford Internet InstituteOxford University PressPacifismPamela McCorduckParadigmParameterPaul ChristianoPaul FeyerabendPaul TillichPaul WerbosPauseAIPersonhoodPeter SingerPhilippa FootPhilosophical analysisPhilosophy of archaeologyPhilosophy of artificial intelligencePhilosophy of biologyPhilosophy of chemistryPhilosophy of economicsPhilosophy of geographyPhilosophy of historyPhilosophy of lawPhilosophy of linguisticsPhilosophy of physicsPhilosophy of psychologyPhilosophy of sciencePhilosophy of social sciencePhilosophy of space and timePhysicalismPierre DuhemPlatoPolicy gradient methodPolitical freedomPolitical philosophyPopulation ethicsPortmanteauPositivismPragmatic ethicsPragmatismPreamble (company)Precautionary principlePreceptPrincipia EthicaProQuestProblem of evilProblem of inductionProcess miningProduct liabilityProfessional ethicsProgramming ethicsProgress in artificial intelligenceProject DebaterPrompt engineeringPrompt injectionProof of-work systemProtestant work ethicProtosciencePseudosciencePulse oximetryPunishmentQ-learningQuasi-Newton methodQuasi-realismQuestionable causeQuoc V. 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HareRational agentRationalismRead the DocsReal HumansReasoning modelReasons and PersonsReceived view of theoriesRecraftRectifier (neural networks)Recurrent neural networkRecursive self-improvementRedditReductionismReflection (artificial intelligence)Regression analysisRegularization (mathematics)Regulation of artificial intelligenceRegulation of artificial intelligence in the United StatesRehabilitation (penology)Reinforcement learningReinforcement learning from human feedbackRelationship between religion and scienceRemoval of Sam Altman from OpenAIRené DescartesResearchResearch ethicsResidual neural networkRetrieval-augmented generationRhetoric of scienceRiffusionRightsRisk of astronomical sufferingRobert Merrihew AdamsRobot controlRobotic governanceRoboticsRoger BaconRoko's basiliskRole ethicsRoman YampolskiyRomanticismRosatomRostelecomRousseauismRudolf CarnapRudolf SteinerRunway (company)Safe Superintelligence Inc.Sam AltmanSam HarrisSberbankScience studiesScientific RevolutionScientific essentialismScientific evidenceScientific formalismScientific lawScientific methodScientific pluralismScientific realismScientific skepticismScientific theoryScientismSecular ethicsSeedance 2.0Self-disciplineSelf-driving carSelf-driving car liabilitySelf-supervised learningSemantic view of theoriesSentientismSeppo LinnainmaaSexual ethicsSeymour PapertShane LeggShannon VallorShun'ichi AmariSigmoid functionSimulated realitySingularitarianismSir Martin ReesSkypeSlate Star CodexSocial philosophySociology of scientific ignoranceSociology of scientific knowledgeSocratesSoftmax functionSora (text-to-video model)SpeciesismSpeech recognitionStable DiffusionStack OverflowStanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyStatement on AI RiskState–action–reward–state–actionStephen GrossbergStephen HawkingSteve OmohundroSteven UmbrelloStewardshipStochastic gradient descentStoicismStop AIStructuralism (philosophy of science)Stuart J. RussellStuart RussellSubjective experienceSufferingSuffering-focused ethicsSuffering risksSummit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military DomainSuno (platform)SuperintelligenceSymbolic artificial intelligenceSympathySøren KierkegaardTakeo KanadeTaoismTay (chatbot)Taylor Swift deepfake pornography controversyTechnical University of MunichTechnical standardsTechnocracyTechnological singularityTechnological unemploymentTensor Processing UnitTestabilityText-to-image modelText-to-video modelText corpusThe Conversation (website)The Japan TimesThe MatrixThe Methods of EthicsThe One (TV series)The Planck DiveThe Right and the GoodThe Theory of Moral SentimentsThe Thirteenth FloorTheodicyTheoryTheory-ladennessTheory choiceThiruvalluvarThomas AquinasThomas KuhnThomas MetzingerThomas NagelThought experimentThree Laws of RoboticsThéâtre D'opéra SpatialTimeline of artificial intelligenceTirukkuralToby OrdTortureTraining, validation, and test data setsTransformer (deep learning)TransgenderTrust (social science)Trustworthy AITuring testU.S. statesUNUNESCOUSS Voyager (NCC-74656)UberUdioUncanny valleyUnderdeterminationUniformitarianismUnintended consequencesUnited KingdomUnited NationsUnited StatesUnited States Department of DefenseUnity of scienceUniversal prescriptivismUniversity of OxfordUniversity of QueenslandUnmanned combat aerial vehicleUtilitarianismUtilitarianism (book)UtilityValue (ethics)Value pluralismValue theoryVariable and attribute (research)Variational autoencoderVeo (text-to-video model)VerificationismVernor VingeVibe codingViceVirtual politicianVirtueVirtue ethicsVision transformerVitalismVoiceverse NFT plagiarism scandalVowVulnerable world hypothesisWalter PittsWarren Sturgis McCullochWater scarcityWaveNetWeak artificial intelligenceWeight initializationWendell WallachWhisper (speech recognition system)White papersWhole-brain emulationWikimedia FoundationWilhelm WindelbandWillard Van Orman QuineWilliam FrankenaWired (magazine)Word embeddingWork ethicWorkplace impact of artificial intelligenceWorld model (artificial intelligence)WrongdoingX (social network)Xunzi (philosopher)YandexYann LeCunYoshua BengioÉric Hazan (entrepreneur)
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