Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

I think that there are a few AI weapons may violate the Martens Clause (1977). The Martens Clause (1977) “…bans weapons that violate the ‘principles of humanity and dictates of public conscience,’” (Russell 416).

I would describe “meaningful human control” over AI weapons as controlling the effectiveness of the weapons and making sure that the AI weapons won’t take over humans. The debate over “meaningful human control” over AI weapons has many factors. “Some argue that the superior effectiveness and selectivity of autonomous weapons can minimize civilian casualties by targeting only combatants. Others insist that LAWS, [Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems], will lower the threshold for going to war by making it possible to attack an enemy while incurring no immediate risk; or that they will enable terrorists and non-state-aligned combatants to inflict catastrophic damage on civilian populations,” (Russell 416). For example, in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the H.A.L 9000 computer that would think like a human goes from working properly to taking revenge on the humans when it thinks that they are planning to disassemble it. AI weapons should be made in a way that would not all of a sudden take revenge on the human population.

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The scope of the 4 conversations is that they are all about the ethics of artificial intelligence. For each of the conversations, the writer states their view of AI weapons and their uses.

The fields that are impacted by AI/Robotics are “…taxpayers, policy-makers, investors and those who could benefit from the technology,” (Hauert 417). AI/Robotics impacts jobs that benefit from technology. They fear that robots are someday going to take over their jobs. Technology should be kept under control.

“Artificial Intelligence (AI) has astounding potential to accelerate scientific discovery in biology and medicine, and to transform health care,” (Altman 417).