Beyond Binary Moral Judgment: Modeling Ethical Pluralism in AI
What happened
A new framework proposes modeling AI moral reasoning as a probabilistic distribution over normative ethical theories, addressing the limitations of current scalar or binary judgments that lack explanation and contextual information. This approach, termed ethical pluralism, integrates a normative ethics simplex and a context-dependent weighting mechanism.
Why it matters
AI Scientists designing systems for socially consequential decisions must move beyond scalar or binary moral judgments and explore modeling ethical reasoning as a probabilistic distribution over normative theories to incorporate context and explanation. Policymakers must prioritize independent regulatory bodies with veto power over AI deployment to ensure public participation in setting moral standards.
Topics
- Ethical Pluralism
- AI Ethics
- Moral Reasoning
- Normative Ethics
Articles in this trend
- Beyond Binary Moral Judgment: Modeling Ethical Pluralism in AI — Takara TLDR - Daily AI Papers
- Artificial intelligence raises profound moral questions — for all of humanity to answer — Artificial intelligence (AI) – The Conversation
- Synthesizing the Slip: Design Past the Artifact Layer — AI on Medium
- Earn your scepticism — The Engineering Manager
- The Delegation of Attention — Towards AI - Medium