AI ethics: a long history and a recent burst of attention
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Artificial intelligence (AI) ethics has become a hot topic in the popular press and in scholarly writing. In this column, five noted scholars give their opinions on what AI issues will become important in the foreseeable future.
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The heightened emphasis on ethical concerns and risks linked to AI systems is manifested implicitly or explicitly in many of the papers, reflecting the growing research focus on AI ethics as a comprehensive domain.
“The heightened emphasis on ethical concerns and risks linked to AI systems is manifested implicitly or explicitly in many of the papers, reflecting the growing research focus on AI ethics as a comprehensive domain [107,108].”
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- Authors
- Borenstein, J., Grodzinsky, F. S., Howard, A., Miller, K. W., & Wolf, M. J.
- Affiliations
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Sacred Heart University (US)
- University of Missouri–St. Louis (US)
- Bemidji State University (US)
- Venue
- Computer
- Published
- 2021-01
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 96-102
- ISSN
- 0018-9162 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-0814
- OpenAlex
- W3128511965
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 9.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Computer (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Keywords
- AI ethics, future of AI
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