Morals & Machines

The ever-greater use of AI-driven technologies in the health sector begs moral questions regarding what it means for algorithms to mis-understand and mis-measure human health and how as a society we are understanding AI errors in health. This...

This paper contributes to the normative analysis of digital technologies and data-driven practices by broadening the analytical perspective on freedom. Many contemporary discussions of the digital context tend to operate with a relatively narrow...

Attempts to impose moral constraints on autonomous, artificial decision-making systems range from “human in the loop” requirements to specialized languages for machine-readable moral rules. Regardless of the approach, though, such proposals all...

In 2017, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to the robot Sophia, a social humanoid robot equipped with humanoid artificial intelligence (AI). Our thesis is that, if Saudi Arabia’s move is consistently pursued, it is impossible to...

The advantages of having automated decisions make it necessary to have mechanisms for coexisting with its opacity. Legal systems in Europe and Brazil sought to create systems of transparency that allow greater control by individuals in terms of...