From speculation to reality

Enhancing anticipatory ethics for emerging technologies (ATE) in practice

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ID11239481
AuthorsSteven Umbrello (0000-0003-2594-6313, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, corresponding author), Michael J Bernstein (0000-0002-8083-9839), Michael Bernstein (0000-0001-7980-0489, Austrian Institute of Technology), Pieter E Vermaas (0000-0002-8175-9179, Delft University of Technology), Anaïs Rességuier (0000-0002-0461-0506), Gustavo González (0000-0002-0501-9494, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale), Andrea Porcari (0000-0002-7550-7805, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale), Alexei Grinbaum (0000-0002-7484-1553, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives), Laurynas Adomaitis (0000-0001-7723-2641, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives)
Year2023
Volume74
Pages102325
Publication date2023-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTechnology in Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0160-791X • E-ISSN: 1879-3274
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102325
OpenAlexW4384831782
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited41

Various approaches have emerged over the last several decades to meet the challenges and complexities of anticipating and responding to the potential impacts of emerging technologies. Although many of the existing approaches share similarities, they each have shortfalls. This paper takes as the object of its study Anticipatory Ethics for Emerging Technologies (ATE) to technology assessment, given that it was formatted to address many of the privations characterising parallel approaches. The ATE approach, also in practice, presents certain areas for retooling, such as how it characterises levels and objects of analysis. This paper results from the work done with the TechEthos Horizon 2020 project in evaluating the ethical, legal, and social impacts of climate engineering, digital extended reality, and neurotechnologies. To meet the challenges these technology families present, this paper aims to enhance the ATE framework to encompass the variety of human processes and material forms, functions, and applications that comprise the socio-technical systems in which these technologies are embedded

Business · Emerging technologies · Engineering ethics · Management science · Speculation · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Engineering · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life · Artificial Intelligence

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