Foresight Synergy Network (FSN) seminar – 9th

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Foresight Synergy Network (FSN) seminar – 9th march 2021 “We should trust Artificial Intelligent (AI) to make moral decisions under certain preconditions” A foresight view on Artificial Intelligent Systems of tomorrow By Richard Viger © PRESENTATION IS BASED ON Outline Introduction to Some Contemporary Technological Issues (Experience) as per Bernard Lonergan’s Generalized Empirical Method (GEM) Artificial Intelligence and the Promise of Science (Understanding) Moral Human Cognition (Understanding) Further Analysis (Judging) Conclusions & Recommendations for Future Work (Acting) 1. Introduction to Some Contemporary Technological Issues (Experience) AI can be expected to go beyond “narrow AI” A Selected Literature Review Unresolved Modern Ethical and Moral Issues More on the Thesis Statement AI can be expected to go beyond “narrow AI” Modern technological societies face many challenges that require state-of-the-art support systems for making informed and responsible decisions. In a world where information resources are widespread, people have greater access to massive amounts of data, which can be overwhelming. At some point, managing all related personal and social data elements and information will go beyond human cognition. Many intelligent assistants (e.g. Apple’s Siri, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, MS Cortana, etc.) are needed more then ever. We seem to have already gone beyond human cognition in many sectors. It is imperative to note that although Machine Learning (ML) is used by many AI systems, ML is an AI subset. AI here, is a larger concept used to create intelligent machines that could in time simulate human thinking capabilities and behaviours. A Selected Literature Review 1 of 4 More than ever before, AI information systems affect human activities in all areas of society. Social scientists, philosophers, and even theologians are becoming aware of the impact these new sciences and technologies are having in societies. It is widely recognized and accepted that it is necessary to ensure that these new AI systems have to behave ethically and morally. Recently, “speaking to executives from some of the world’s most important tech companies, Pope Francis said that technology needs ‘both theoretical and practical moral principles’, and that advances in fields such as artificial intelligence (AI) cannot lead to a new ‘form of barbarism’, where the common good is abandoned to the rule of law of the strongest” (Inés San Martín). A Selected Literature Review 2 of 4 For theoretical and practical moral/ethics principles to be developed for AI, it has been proposed that a new philosophy will be