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Machine morality: bottom-up and top-down approaches for modelling human moral faculties

Wallach, Wendell, Allen, Colin, Smit, Iva·2008·AI & SOCIETY

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  • The hybrid approach combines the top-down and bottom-up approaches and is the current mainstream of AI algorithm design.

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Authors
Wallach, W., Allen, C., & Smit, I.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Corresponding author
Wallach, Wendell
Venue
AI & SOCIETY
Published
2007-03-09
Volume
22
Issue
4
Pages
565-582
ISSN
  • 0951-5666 (ISSN-L)
  • 1435-5655
OpenAlex
W2081590306
Cited by
152
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
FWCI
7.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
AI & Society (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Keywords
ethical decision-making, moral agents, moral theory, control architecture, bottom-up approach, top-down approach, autonomous robots, AI ethics

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