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AI ethics should not remain toothless! A call to bring back the teeth of ethics

Anais Resseguier 1
Rowena Rodrigues 2
1
 
Trilateral Research Ltd, Waterford, Ireland
2
 
Trilateral Research Ltd, London, UK
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2020-07-22
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR2.207
CiteScore11.2
Impact factor5.9
ISSN20539517
Computer Science Applications
Library and Information Sciences
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management
Communication
Abstract

Ethics has powerful teeth, but these are barely being used in the ethics of AI today – it is no wonder the ethics of AI is then blamed for having no teeth. This article argues that ‘ethics’ in the current AI ethics field is largely ineffective, trapped in an ‘ethical principles’ approach and as such particularly prone to manipulation, especially by industry actors. Using ethics as a substitute for law risks its abuse and misuse. This significantly limits what ethics can achieve and is a great loss to the AI field and its impacts on individuals and society. This article discusses these risks and then highlights the teeth of ethics and the essential value they can – and should – bring to AI ethics now.

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Resseguier A., Rodrigues R. AI ethics should not remain toothless! A call to bring back the teeth of ethics // Big Data and Society. 2020. Vol. 7. No. 2. p. 205395172094254.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1177/2053951720942541
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720942541
TI - AI ethics should not remain toothless! A call to bring back the teeth of ethics
T2 - Big Data and Society
AU - Resseguier, Anais
AU - Rodrigues, Rowena
PY - 2020
DA - 2020/07/22
PB - SAGE
SP - 205395172094254
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@article{2020_Resseguier,
author = {Anais Resseguier and Rowena Rodrigues},
title = {AI ethics should not remain toothless! A call to bring back the teeth of ethics},
journal = {Big Data and Society},
year = {2020},
volume = {7},
publisher = {SAGE},
month = {jul},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720942541},
number = {2},
pages = {205395172094254},
doi = {10.1177/2053951720942541}
}
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Resseguier, Anais, and Rowena Rodrigues. “AI ethics should not remain toothless! A call to bring back the teeth of ethics.” Big Data and Society, vol. 7, no. 2, Jul. 2020, p. 205395172094254. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720942541.