Summary of Can Artificial Intelligence Embody Moral Values?, by Torben Swoboda and Lode Lauwaert
Can Artificial Intelligence Embody Moral Values?
by Torben Swoboda, Lode Lauwaert
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers challenge the idea that technology is inherently neutral, arguing that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can indeed integrate moral values such as fairness, honesty, and avoiding harm into its computational models. The authors propose two approaches to designing AI systems with moral values: artificial conscience and ethical prompting. They demonstrate the effectiveness of these methods in text-based game environments, showing that AI agents equipped with moral models exhibit more ethical behavior than those without. This challenges the long-standing neutrality thesis, suggesting that AI can be designed to prioritize moral values. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary AI can learn moral values like fairness, honesty, and avoiding harm. Researchers tested two ways to teach AI systems about morality: artificial conscience and ethical prompting. They used text-based games to test AI agents with and without these moral models. The results showed that AI agents with moral models acted more fairly and honestly than those without. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Prompting
