Encoding Social & Ethical Values in Autonomous Navigation: Philosophies Behind an Interactive Online Demonstration
Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Autonomous Systems (ASs) interacting with human societies raises complex social & ethical challenges. This paper argues that one way of scaffolding human trust in ASs is through the encoding of ethical, legal and social impact (ELSI) considerations in the ASs’ decision-making processes. Existing ELSI-encoding efforts often focus on the implementation of rule-based and risk-based approaches, leaving key questions unanswered - what are the relationships between ELSI-encoding software logic in ASs and human ethical practises; what ethical approaches cannot be easily translated into software rules and numeric risks; and what are the implications of this for ethical AS?
Institutions: Cranfield University, Lancaster University
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4402659100