Seventeenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities

Abstract

My research looks at how the advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and autonomous machines (AMs) generate new and novel ethical conundrums and dilemmas, some dependent upon the sector they operate in, for example AMs operating within healthcare may create an emotional response from the patient such that the patient bonds with the AM. Questions over what to do if an AM malfunctions and how AMs will make decisions, especially those involving values and necessitating moral deliberation, are still unknown. As the technology advances and legal personhood becomes an ever-closer possibility, we must consider our responsibility and duties to AMs as they evolve, and ensure ethics keeps up with the technology.