Lecture 13 - social artificial 2

Question 1

Privacy and surveillance concerns

Answer 1

• AI facilitates collection and analysis of
  personal, sensitive data
• Social interaction with artificial agents as
  additional data source: personal, sensitive
  facts can be released to, or inferred by, social
  agents

Question 2

Lack of transparency concerns

Answer 2

• Machine learning and algorithmic principles
  opaque to designers, programmers and users

Question 3

Automation & Employment concerns

Answer 3

• Productivity gains -> Fewer humans are required
  for the same output.

Question 4

Legality concerns

Answer 4

• Social and civil rights for artificial agents?
• Laws and regulations for HAI
  (marriage, criminal code, etc.)

Question 5

Physical hazards

Answer 5

• Psychosocial risk factors
• Agent-caused injuries and damages

Question 6

Main concerns of military robots

Answer 6

• A steady increase in the integration of AI in military systems is likely
• Arms-Race: significant international competition in military AI
• Military AI presents a range of risks:
• Ethical: Humanitarian implications
• Strategic: Increase war likelihood, conflict escalation, malicious actor proliferation
• Operational: Reliability, fragility and security of AI/Robotic systems

Question 7

Pros military robots

Answer 7

• People need not fight anymore
• Military AI / robots might be more accurate, causing less collateral damage
• Increased defensive capabilities without compromising population
• Reduces costs and effort (soldier training, upkeep, etc.)

Question 8

Concerns sex bots

Answer 8

• A steady increase in the development, sophistication is ongoing
• Market-Race: High consumer demand, and it’s increasing
• Potential to promote and normalize psychological and behavioural deviations
• Potential to discourage / replace humanhuman interaction
• Compromise notions of consent, aesthetics, and social exchange
• Might encourage acting out unacceptable, illegal tendencies.
• Trivializes intimacy and human connection
• Might provide a “sandbox” environment to “train” unacceptable / illegal practices
• May lead to psychological damage