The Short Anthropological Guide to the Study of Ethical AI
It addresses the problem of bridging social science and AI for practitioners and society, but it is incremental as it offers a guide rather than new research.
This paper tackles the challenge of integrating anthropological insights into AI ethics by providing a guide that introduces AI ethics and social science perspectives to those unfamiliar with the field, aiming to help society address core values in technological development.
Over the next few years, society as a whole will need to address what core values it wishes to protect when dealing with technology. Anthropology, a field dedicated to the very notion of what it means to be human, can provide some interesting insights into how to cope and tackle these changes in our Western society and other areas of the world. It can be challenging for social science practitioners to grasp and keep up with the pace of technological innovation, with many being unfamiliar with the jargon of AI. This short guide serves as both an introduction to AI ethics and social science and anthropological perspectives on the development of AI. It intends to provide those unfamiliar with the field with an insight into the societal impact of AI systems and how, in turn, these systems can lead us to rethink how our world operates.