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Generative AI is designed to produce the unforeseen, but that doesn’t mean developers can’t predict the types of social consequences it may cause.
Worried about being accused of virtue signalling or getting funny looks for wearing a mask? Here’s how to test your ethics and come to the right decision.
The high cost of pharmaceuticals often means only the richest patients get lifesaving medicines. As coronavirus drugs emerge, it will require hard, creative work to ensure they’re available to all.
For all its fart jokes and sight gags, ‘The Good Place’ belongs to a venerable philosophical and theological tradition.
Robots are becoming more common in our lives. And while they may not have “feelings”, perhaps the way we treat them reflects more on our character than we previously thought.
A new study provides fascinating data on how people prioritise who to save in hypothetical driverless car crashes. But it takes more than just numbers to really create ethical machines.
Many people feel conflicted about the use of animals in scientific research. But what is actually involved?
Ethical dilemmas arise not because someone did not know the ethical rules. Instead, they arise when individuals are unable to identify the relevant ethical principle at the time of crisis.
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Professor, Australian National University
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor, School of Philosophy, Australian National University
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Vancouver Island University
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Professor of Creative Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Sociology and Technology, Horizon Fellow in AI and Ageing, University of Sydney
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Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Professor, Theological Studies, Concordia University
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics; Deputy Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct professor, Theological Studies, Concordia University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne