Ethical governance is essential to building trust in robotics and artificial intelligence systems

Winfield, Alan. F.; Jirotka, Marina

Abstract

© 2018 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. This paper explores the question of ethical governance for robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. We outline a roadmap-which links a number of elements, including ethics, standards, regulation, responsible research and innovation, and public engagement-as a framework to guide ethical governance in robotics and AI. We argue that ethical governance is essential to building public trust in robotics and AI, and conclude by proposing five pillars of good ethical governance. This article is part of the theme issue 'Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal, and technical opportunities and challenges'.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 21, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Oct 15, 2018
• Publication Date: Nov 28, 2018
• Deposit Date: Aug 24, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 24, 2018
• Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Print ISSN: 1364-503X
• Electronic ISSN: 1471-2962
• Publisher: Royal Society, The
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 376
• Issue: 2133
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0085
• Keywords: AI ethics, robot ethics, governance, standards, responsible innovation, trust
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/856768
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0085
• Contract Date: Aug 24, 2018