Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Francisco Lara is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Granada, where he teaches and researches on issues related to applied ethics. Since 2004 he has directed the Research Group on Technological Ethics (GETTEC).​Jan Deckers is a bioethicist at Newcastle University. His research interests include: AI ethics, animal ethics, ecological ethics, health care ethics, leadership, methods, reproductive ethics, and research ethics. His most recent books are Fundamentals of Critical Thinking in Health Care Ethics and Law, published by Owl Press, and Animal (De)liberation, published by Ubiquity Press.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Can an AI System Be Ethical?.- Chapter 2: Bias and Discrimination in Machine Decision-Making Systems.- Chapter 3: Opacity, machine learning and explainable AI.- Chapter 4: The Moral Status of AI Entities.- Part II: Ethical Controversies About AI Applications.- Chapter 5: Ethics of Virtual Assistants.- Chapter 6: Ethics of Virtual Reality.- Chapter 7: Ethical Problems of the Use of Deepfakes in the Arts and Culture.- Chapter 8: Exploring the Ethics of Interaction with Care Robots.- Chapter 9: Ethics of Autonomous Weapons Systems.- Part III: The Need for AI Boundaries.- Chapter 10: Ethical Principles and Governance for AI.- Chapter 11: AI, Sustainability, and Environmental Ethics.- Chapter 12: The Singularity, Superintelligent Machines, and Mind Uploading: The Technological Future?