Patiency is not a virtue: suggestions for co-constructing an ethical framework including intelligent artefacts

J J Bryson

Patiency is not a virtue: suggestions for co-constructing an ethical framework including intelligent artefacts

J J Bryson

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The question of whether AI can or should be afforded moral agency or patiency is not one amenable to simple discovery or reasoning, because we as societies are constantly constructing our artefacts, including our ethical systems. Here I briefly examine the origins and nature of ethical systems in a variety of species, then propose a definition of morality that facilitates the debate concerning not only whether it is ethical for us to afford moral agency and patiency to AI, but also whether it is ethical for us to build AI we should so afford.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The machine question
Subtitle of host publication	AI, ethics and moral responsibility
Editors	David J. Gunkel, Joanna J. Bryson, Steve Torrance
Publisher	Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
Pages	73-77
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781908187215
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - The Machine Question: AI, Ethics and Moral Responsibility, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012 - Birmingham, UK United Kingdom Duration: 2 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

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Conference	AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - The Machine Question: AI, Ethics and Moral Responsibility, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012
Country/Territory	UK United Kingdom
City	Birmingham
Period	2/07/12 → 6/07/12

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Patiency is not a virtue : suggestions for co-constructing an ethical framework including intelligent artefacts. / Bryson, J J.

The machine question: AI, ethics and moral responsibility . ed. / David J. Gunkel; Joanna J. Bryson; Steve Torrance. Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, 2012. p. 73-77.

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Bryson, JJ 2012, Patiency is not a virtue: suggestions for co-constructing an ethical framework including intelligent artefacts. in DJ Gunkel, JJ Bryson & S Torrance (eds), The machine question: AI, ethics and moral responsibility . Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, pp. 73-77, AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - The Machine Question: AI, Ethics and Moral Responsibility, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012, Birmingham, UK United Kingdom, 2/07/12.

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