Practical Challenges in Explicit Ethical Machine Reasoning



Dennis, Louise and Fisher, Michael
(2018) Practical Challenges in Explicit Ethical Machine Reasoning. In: International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, 2018-1-3 - 2018-1-5, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US.

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Abstract

We examine implemented systems for ethical machine reasoning with a view to identifying the practical challenges (as opposed to philosophical challenges) posed by the area. We identify a need for complex ethical machine reasoning not only to be multi-objective, proactive, and scrutable but that it must draw on heterogeneous evidential reasoning. We also argue that, in many cases, it needs to operate in real time and be verifiable. We propose a general architecture involving a declarative ethical arbiter which draws upon multiple evidential reasoners each responsible for a particular ethical feature of the system's environment. We claim that this architecture enables some separation of concerns among the practical challenges that ethical machine reasoning poses.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Additional Information: In proceedings International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, FL. 3-5 January, 2018
Uncontrolled Keywords: cs.AI, cs.AI
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2018 08:17
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 06:46
Open Access URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.01422
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3015656