Artificial intelligence in a crisis needs ethics with urgency

Tzachor, A; Whittlestone, J; Sundaram, L; hÉigeartaigh, S

Artificial intelligence in a crisis needs ethics with urgency

Accepted version

Peer-reviewed

Repository URI

https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/309682

Repository DOI

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.56776

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Type

Article

Authors

Tzachor, A

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4032-4996

Whittlestone, J

Sundaram, L

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9595-9753

hÉigeartaigh, S

Abstract

Artificial intelligence tools can help save lives in a pandemic. However, the need to implement technological solutions rapidly raises challenging ethical issues. We need new approaches for ethics with urgency, to ensure AI can be safely and beneficially used in the COVID-19 response and beyond.

Keywords

46 Information and Computing Sciences, 40 Engineering, 3 Good Health and Well Being

Journal Title

Nature Machine Intelligence

Journal ISSN

2522-5839
2522-5839

Volume Title

2

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Publisher DOI

https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-020-0195-0

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Sponsorship

Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) (177155)
February Foundation (unknown)
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (via University of Oxford) (unknown)
Milner Foundation (Unknown)

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Cambridge University Research Outputs