Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article examines the ethical dimensions of responsible automation in self-healing cloud infrastructure, where systems increasingly make critical decisions with minimal human oversight. The discussion spans key ethical considerations including accountability challenges in autonomous decision-making, data privacy implications of comprehensive monitoring, transparency requirements for maintaining stakeholder trust, human-in-the-loop implementation models for appropriate oversight, and comprehensive auditability frameworks. The research highlights how organizations must balance technological advancement with ethical responsibility by implementing frameworks that address decision accountability, privacy protection, operational transparency, human collaboration, and thorough governance. These elements collectively ensure that autonomous cloud infrastructure serves both business needs and societal expectations for responsible technology deployment.
Author: Praveen Kumar Thota
Institution: Cleveland State University
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4410464861