You cannot have AI ethics without ethics

Abstract

In this paper, I will examine the reasons that ethical deployment of AI has been so elusive for so many high-profle organizations, and I’ll explain why there have been such egregious examples of unethical AI built and deployed into the world. I will draw on examples and lessons from other felds, such as medical ethics and systems theory, to demonstrate that AI ethics simply cannot exist without a broader culture of ethics. I will make the case that only organizations with a frm grounding in ethics, and an appreciation for the way complex systems behave can succeed at ethical deployment of AI.