Ethical Issues

Question 1

What does ethics relate to?

Answer 1

• What is considered right or wrong.

Question 2

What is a drone?

Answer 2

• An unnamed aerial vehicle that is remotely operated and can be used for a wide range of purposes.

Question 3

Uses of drones:

Answer 3

• Filming and photography for television, movies and special events
• Monitoring pollution levels in the atmosphere.
• Tracking and monitoring wildlife, such as rhino populations in Africa.
• Disaster zone response, such as searching for survivors following an earthquake.
• Delivery companies are developing drones to quickly deliver goods across cities.
• Used by the military to target sites in other countries like American soldiers deploying surveillance drones in Syria.

Question 4

What are the benefits of self-driving cars?

Answer 4

• Driving will be safer because cars are less likely to make mistakes that humans do.
• They cannot become distracted or tired.
• More fuel-efficient because they take the most direct route.
• Don’t get lost.
• The humans can work/plan whilst the car drives.
• Could include trucks and vans to automate the delivery and freight industries.
• Trucks could drive overnight to deliver goods without a break.

Question 5

What are the drawbacks of self-driving cars?

Answer 5

• Cars could still crash as code and software processes may fail.
• The technology is still in development.
• Will be very expensive for the first few years.
• Jobs may be lost such as delivery and truck drivers.

Question 6

What is artificial intelligence?

Answer 6

• The act of computes replacing humans to analyse data and make decisions.
• Examples include Siri and Alexa.

Question 7

Benefits of AI:

Answer 7

• Processes are sped up as computers can analyse large amounts of data much quicker than a human.
• AI can be used when a human is unavailable, such as using a symptom checker on the internet for a minor illness rather than waiting for a doctor.
• Repetitive or time-consuming tasks can by completed by a computer like searching and sorting specific data.

Question 8

Drawbacks of AI:

Answer 8

• Can store and process a lot of personal data e.g Alexa is always listening for ‘wake words’.
• Mistakes in code programmed by humans could have disastrous consequences if the AI is used to make important decisions like military deployment.