R:ETRO Seminar Series
Reputation: Ethics, Trust, and Relationships at OxfordOxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation
Saïd Business School Dear All,Please join us online on Monday, 31 October, at 4pm GMT, for the second R:ETRO seminar of this term, hosted by the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.Marta Rocchi (DCU Business School) will be giving a paper entitled "Does AI Threaten Human Moral Agency? A First-Person Ethics Perspective" (with Caleb Bernacchio).
Abstract:
There is a consistent body of academic literature dedicated to the exploration of ethical concerns related to AI-based systems. Within this literature, many contributions are devoted to the exploration of the responsibility gap (who is responsible for good or bad actions of AI-based systems?) and the attribution of moral agency to the systems themselves (can AI-based systems be held responsible for the outcome they produce?). This seminar focuses on a related ethical concern, devoting its attention to human moral agency and how its attribution is challenged by the opacity of AI-based systems. Opacity intervenes as a modifier of the acting subject's knowledge regarding the way a decision is made or an output achieved. In this perspective, it is discussed whether different kinds of opacity characterize different levels of moral agency. Finally, a range of solutions intended to enhance the subject's moral agency in conditions of opacity are presented. The theoretical perspective adopted is in line with a first-person approach to ethics.
Click here to register.I hope to see many of you there!All the best,Rita------------------------------
Rita Mota
Assistant Professor
ESADE Business School
Barcelona
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