Ethical Considerations for AI Researchers
This is an incremental discussion on ethical responsibilities for AI researchers, focusing on general guidelines rather than specific solutions.
The paper addresses the problem of potential harm from AI applications due to public trust without understanding, and it proposes that researchers should consider ethical guidelines to minimize such harm.
Use of artificial intelligence is growing and expanding into applications that impact people's lives. People trust their technology without really understanding it or its limitations. There is the potential for harm and we are already seeing examples of that in the world. AI researchers have an obligation to consider the impact of intelligent applications they work on. While the ethics of AI is not clear-cut, there are guidelines we can consider to minimize the harm we might introduce.