Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ChatGPT is a high-profile technology that has inspired broad discussions about its capabilities and likely consequences. There has been much debate concerning ethical issues that it raises which are typically described as potentially harmful (or beneficial) consequences of ChatGPT. Concerns relating to issues such as privacy, biases, infringements of intellectual property, or discrimination are widely discussed. The article pursues the question of where these issues originate and where they are located. This article suggests that these ethical issues of the technology are located in the technology’s affordances. Affordances are part of the relationship between user and technology. Going beyond existing research on affordances and ChatGPT, the article suggests that affordances are not confined to the relationship between humans and technology. A proper understanding of affordances needs to consider the role of the socio-technical ecosystem within which these relationships unfold. The article concludes by explaining the implications of this position for research and practice.
Source: Information
DOI: 10.3390/info16020104
Author: Bernd Carsten Stahl
Institution: University of Nottingham
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,930
Awards: G2831669129, G2963941029, G3239288923, AI UK: Creating an International Ecosystem for Responsible AI Research and Innovation, G3881378079, Sustainable eThics Reviews of digital heAlth Technology dEsiGn In sub saharan afriCa, G6136994381, G7115286530, Horizon: Trusted Data-Driven Products, G8009541890, G8352726362, G8644420052, G905227802
OpenAlex ID: W4407176320