The Moral Turing Test (MTT) has been suggested as a solution to the testing problem of artificial morality under widespread moral disagreement. The test requires a metaethical underpinning ofr its justification, which is provided by the pragmatist view on ethics as constraint by human perspective, iterative-experimental, and open to reasonable pluralism. However, the practical implications of...
Short abstract (extended abstract attached) Applications of AI in research and development often come with huge ambitions and the evocation of making the hitherto impossible possible. Thus, one important task of an ethical engagement with AI is debunking such stated possibilities, showing that such technologies do actually not work as stated or intended. A second, equally important task for...
This paper advocates caution against a formalization of ethics by attempting to show that it may pre-sent an obstacle to inclusive moral deliberation, a notion that borrows from Jürgen Habermas’ ‘ideal speech situation’. Formal ethics presents an obstacle to the attainment of this ideal, because it is likely to perpetuate unjustified power imbalances. Simply put, a formalism may disadvantage...
