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Implementations in Machine Ethics: A Survey

arXiv 2001.07573 ↗First posted 21 Jan 2020cs.AIcited by 16

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Abstract (arXiv)

Increasingly complex and autonomous systems require machine ethics to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks to society arising from the new technology. It is challenging to decide which type of ethical theory to employ and how to implement it effectively. This survey provides a threefold contribution. First, it introduces a trimorphic taxonomy to analyze machine ethics implementations with respect to their object (ethical theories), as well as their nontechnical and technical aspects. Second, an exhaustive selection and description of relevant works is presented. Third, applying the new taxonomy to the selected works, dominant research patterns, and lessons for the field are identified, and future directions for research are suggested.

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  2. 2021Guilty Artificial Mindscited by 9
  3. 2022Towards Artificial Virtuous Agents: Games, Dilemmas and Machine Learningcited by 3
  4. 2022Artificial virtuous agents in a multiagent tragedy of the commonscited by 3
  5. 2025Addressing Moral Uncertainty using Large Language Models for Ethical Decision-Makingcited by 3
  6. 2023On the Computational Complexity of Ethics: Moral Tractability for Minds and Machinescited by 2
  7. 2021Playing the Blame Game with Robotscited by 1
  8. 2022The Linguistic Blind Spot of Value-Aligned Agency, Natural and Artificialcited by 1
  9. 2022Advising Autonomous Cars about the Rules of the Roadcited by 1
  10. 2022Metacognitive Agents for Ethical Decision Support: Conceptual Model and Research Roadmapcited by 0
  11. 2022Automated Kantian Ethics: A Faithful Implementationcited by 0
  12. 2023Uncertain Machine Ethical Decisions Using Hypothetical Retrospectioncited by 0
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  1. 2024Can Artificial Intelligence Embody Moral Values?cited by 0
  2. 2025RobEthiChor: Automated Context-aware Ethics-based Negotiation for Autonomous Robotscited by 0
  3. 2025Advancing Automated Ethical Profiling in SE: a Zero-Shot Evaluation of LLM Reasoningcited by 0
  4. 2026The Alignment Target Problem: Divergent Moral Judgments of Humans, AI Systems, and Their Designerscited by 0