AI Ecosystems for Human Flourishing: The Background

Abstract

This chapter analyses the concept of AI ecosystemsEcosystemwith a view to identifying how the ecosystem metaphorMetaphorcan help deal with ethical questions. The first step is to introduce in more detail the concept of ecosystemsEcosystem, drawing specifically on the literature on innovation ecosystems. This allows the identification of characteristics of ecosystems such as their openness, the co-evolution and mutual learning of their members, and the interdependence and complex relationship between those members. These characteristics underlie the challenges that anEthicsethics-driven approach to ecosystems must consider.