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Combining Normative Ethics Principles to Learn Prosocial Behaviour

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Principles from normative ethics---the philosophical study of morality---can be operationalised in the decision-making capacities of agents to discern ethically acceptable actions and promote prosocial behaviour, defined as behaviours that support the well-being of others. Challenges exist in operationalising principles: (1) individual principles may be unintuitive; (2) while incorporating multiple principles mitigates issues with individual principles, conflicts may arise between them. We present PriENE, a method for combining multiple principles to encourage agents to learn prosocial behaviour.

Source: Bristol Research (University of Bristol)

DOI: 10.5555/3709347.3744013

Authors: Woodgate, Jessica, Ajmeri, Nirav

Institution: University of Bristol

Language: English

Topic: Reinforcement Learning in Robotics

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Awards: DTP 2224 University of Bristol, AI for Collective Intelligence (AI4CI)