A systemic perspective on bridging the principles-to-practice gap in creating ethical artificial intelligence solutions – a critique of dominant narratives and proposal for a collaborative way forward
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15736249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Herzog (0000-0003-0064-0457, University of Lübeck, corresponding author), S Blank (0000-0002-3853-3254, University of Lübeck) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Responsible Innovation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2329-9037 • E-ISSN: 2329-9460 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23299460.2024.2431350 |
| OpenAlex | W4404763823 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 67 |
We critique demands in artificial intelligence and technology development for bridging the so-called principles-to-practice gap that are voiced for instrumental reasons, such as accelerating adoption or creating trust, via clearly actionable ethical rules or via outsourced guidance offered by ethics ‘experts.’ We contend that these views are prone to amount to a simple reconfiguration of technical implementation. We support inclusive and philosophically grounded ethical reflection as key to bridging the gap. However, we acknowledge that this requires assistance, e.g., in the form of platform structures as part of ecosystem governance. Such platforms should facilitate inclusive discourse to disaggregate ethical principles on different levels of abstraction, and contextual framings, as well as support the considerable interdisciplinary work for unpacking them. Translating ethical principles into practice involves indispensable collaborative processes of (self-)reflection, including those with epistemic privilege on the relevant subject matter. We propose that ecosystems should provide the corresponding infrastructure
Bridging (networking · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Management science · Narrative · Perspective (graphical · Responsible Research and Innovation · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Computer Science · Engineering · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |