This chapter explores the possibility that the appropriate decision procedures for artificial moral agents (AMAs) to utilize in their ethical decision-making are importantly different from the ones that are appropriate for human moral agents. It argues that the appropriate type of decision procedure for a given moral agent depends on the nature of the agent’s capacities, and thus certain kinds of AMAs should employ different decision procedures than the ones humans should use. If this argument is sound, then the temptation to design ethical artificial intelligence (AI) that employs the same decision procedures as humans should be resisted, lest we miss out on the benefits that could be gained from AI that utilizes distinct procedures. This conclusion has significant consequences for a number of issues, including the design of ethical artificial intelligence, the paradox of hedonism (and related puzzles), and the concept of virtue as it relates to AMAs. These consequences are discussed, and it is concluded that our commonsense views about certain ethical topics should be reconsidered in light of the relevant differences between artificial and human moral agents.

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Decision Procedures for Artificial Moral Agents

  • Tyler Cook

摘要

This chapter explores the possibility that the appropriate decision procedures for artificial moral agents (AMAs) to utilize in their ethical decision-making are importantly different from the ones that are appropriate for human moral agents. It argues that the appropriate type of decision procedure for a given moral agent depends on the nature of the agent’s capacities, and thus certain kinds of AMAs should employ different decision procedures than the ones humans should use. If this argument is sound, then the temptation to design ethical artificial intelligence (AI) that employs the same decision procedures as humans should be resisted, lest we miss out on the benefits that could be gained from AI that utilizes distinct procedures. This conclusion has significant consequences for a number of issues, including the design of ethical artificial intelligence, the paradox of hedonism (and related puzzles), and the concept of virtue as it relates to AMAs. These consequences are discussed, and it is concluded that our commonsense views about certain ethical topics should be reconsidered in light of the relevant differences between artificial and human moral agents.