Risk, Uncertainty and the Governance Dilemma for Artificial Intelligence
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In trying to identify and manage the potential risks of AI, we are dealing with a particular case of the general Collingridge dilemma.
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The Shape of Uncertainty: Five Questions for New Technologies
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Most people believe that new and emerging technologies and innovations should be subject to critical assessment—including, usually, a risk assessment and ethical evaluation. But fewer seem to have given much thought to exactly how those evaluations should be structured and conducted.
Read MoreFeynman’s Error: On Ethical Thinking and Drifting
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One of the things people find peculiar about philosophers is our tendency to continue thinking about things that an ordinary person might consider settled. Even after making what appears to be a good decision about some moral matter—say, not murdering your brother even though he took the last cupcake—philosophers will keep asking whether it really was the right decision and whether the reasons offered to justify it can withstand scrutiny. Why can’t we leave well enough alone?
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