The field concerned with the moral implications and responsibilities associated with the development and deployment of AI technologies.
The multidisciplinary study and application of moral principles - fairness, privacy, autonomy, beneficence - in AI design and use, often embodied in ethics boards, impact assessments, and public commitments.
Before deploying emotion-analysis in ads, a social-media company’s ethics committee conducts stakeholder interviews, drafts a public “Ethics Impact Statement,” and pauses development when privacy advocates raise unresolved concerns.
