1. Chapter 10
New Frontiers for Ethical Considerations: Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality

2. Artificial Intelligence
AI – is a field of learning that emulates human intelligence
Advances in human intelligence:
Machine intelligence has led to Robotics
Space exploration
Medicine
Advanced research

3. Intelligent Agents Personal assistants Meeting scheduling
handling
Filtering
Entertainmemnt

4. Weizerburm Theory
“it is immoral to use a computer system to replace human functions involving interpersonal respect, understanding and love”

5. Question
Will human beings let intelligent “creatures” keep on getting more and more intelligent even thought they are aware the ultimate end result would be to surpass human intelligence?

6. Question
How much power and autonomy should we give these creatures, and will these agents eventually take away human autonomy and consequently take control of human destiny?

7. Two School of Thought
All AI activities are research gone wrong or “mad scientist”
AI is very beneficial to humanity

8. Artificial Intelligence…
Limitations of AI:
Lack of credible science safeguards
Fear of a superhuman
Abdication of individual responsibilities
AI and ethics:
AI agents and user responsibilities
User accountability

9. Cyberspace The Internet:
Opened up new frontiers in almost all spheres of human life
The WWW revolutionarized indexing and delivery of information
E-commerce transformed global economies, changed lives.

10. Virtual Reality
VR – is a stimulation of a real or imaginary phenomena in three-dimensional environments
Is revolutionalizing the study of science
Ethics in Virtual Reality:
Lack of being in control
Safety and security of users
Human-agent interactions
Intentions of the actor
Accountability of the actor
Responsibility of the actor
Psychological effects on the actor and commnity