Ethically Aligned Design of Autonomous Systems : Industry Viewpoint and an Empirical Study
Year of publication
2022
Authors
Vakkuri, Ville; Kemell, Kai-Kristian; Kultanen, Joni; Siponen, Mikko; Abrahamsson, Pekka
Abstract
Progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been accelerating rapidly in the past two decades. Various autonomous systems from purely digital ones to autonomous vehicles are being developed and deployed out on the field. As these systems exert a growing impact on society, ethics in relation to artificial intelligence and autonomous systems have recently seen growing attention among academia. However, the current literature on the topic has focused largely on theoretical contributions, and there is a gap between research and practice in the area. Though this gap has been acknowledged in existing studies, the exact issues resulting in this gap remain blurred. In order to better understand the gap in the area, we conduct a multiple case study of five case companies. Based on the data, we highlight a number of issues in the area in terms of implementing AI ethics in practice. We then propose ways to tackle this gap.
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Publication format
Article
Parent publication type
Journal
Article type
Original article
Audience
ScientificPeer-reviewed
Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
A1 Journal article (refereed), original researchPublication channel information
Publisher
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
4-15
ISSN
Publication forum
Publication forum level
1
Open access
Open access in the publisher’s service
Yes
Open access of publication channel
Fully open publication channel
Self-archived
Yes
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Fields of science
Computer and information sciences; Business and management
Keywords
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Publication country
Finland
Internationality of the publisher
Domestic
Language
English
International co-publication
No
Co-publication with a company
No
The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection
Yes