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Designing the Digital Habitat

Luciano Floridi | @Floridi

Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information, University of OxfordDirector, Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

Faculty Fellow, Chair of the Data Ethics Group, The Alan Turing Institute

THE ENVIRONMENT

GOVERNANCE

DESIGN

NEW HABITAT

AI: A DIVORCE

AI ETHICS

THE ENVIRONMENT

GOVERNANCE

DESIGN

NEW HABITAT

AI: A DIVORCE

AI ETHICS

ONLIFE

INFOSPHERE

New Habitat: the Mangrove Society

THE ENVIRONMENT

GOVERNANCE

DESIGN

NEW HABITAT

AI: A DIVORCE

AI ETHICS

Taddeo, Floridi (2018) Nature. | Taddeo, Floridi (2018) Science. | Floridi (2018) Nature. | Yang et al. (2018) Science – Robotics. | Floridi (2019) Nature – Machine Intelligence.

AI: agency ≠ intelligence

AI: ethical challenges

Floridi et al. (2017), Minds and Machines. Floridi, Cowls (2019), HDS Review.

How AI could be

used

(opportunities)

Enabling

human self-

realisation

Enhancing

human

agency

Increasing

societal

capabilities

Cultivating

societal

cohesionFloridi et al. (2017), Minds and Machines. Floridi, Cowls (2019), HDS Review.

How AI could be

used

(opportunities)

Enabling

human self-

realisation

Enhancing

human

agency

Increasing

societal

capabilities

Cultivating

societal

cohesion

How AI could be

overused or

misused (risks)

Devaluing

human skills

Removing

human

responsibility

Reducing

human

control

Eroding

human self-

determination

How AI could be

used

(opportunities)

Enabling

human self-

realisation

Enhancing

human

agency

Increasing

societal

capabilities

Cultivating

societal

cohesion

AI could be

underused

(opportunity cost)

How AI could be

overused or

misused (risks)

Devaluing

human skills

Removing

human

responsibility

Reducing

human

control

Eroding

human self-

determination

THE ENVIRONMENT

GOVERNANCE

DESIGN

NEW HABITAT

AI: A DIVORCE

AI ETHICS

Governance

RegulationsEthics

acceptabilitycompliance

Floridi (2018), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.

ComplianceHuman RightsTI

ME The open space

of

Soft Ethics

Feasibility

Floridi (2018), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.

Beneficence Nonmaleficence Autonomy Justice Explicability

AIUK

Asilomar

EGE

IEEE

Montreal

Partnership

AI4People

EC HLEG

OECD

Beijing AI

Principles

Floridi, Cowls (2019)." Harvard Data Science Review.

Translation from principles to practices

Morley, Floridi, Kinsey, Elhalal (forthcoming). Science and Engineering Ethics.

THE ENVIRONMENT

GOVERNANCE

DESIGN

NEW HABITAT

AI: A DIVORCE

AI ETHICS

The Natural and the Artefactual

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). Minds & Machines.

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). Minds & Machines.

technology technology

time

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). Minds & Machines.

technology technology

time

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). Minds & Machines.

analog technology digital technology

time

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). Minds & Machines.

How AI could be used

(opportunities)

Enabling human self-

realisation

Enhancing human

agency

Increasing societal

capabilities

Cultivating societal

cohesion

AI could be underused

(opportunity cost)

How AI could be overused or

misused (risks)

Devaluing human skills

Removing human

responsibility

Reducing human

control

Eroding human self-

determination

How AI could be used

(opportunities)

Enabling human self-

realisation

Enhancing human

agency

Increasing societal

capabilities

Cultivating societal

cohesion

AI could be underused

(opportunity cost)

How AI could be overused or

misused (risks)

Devaluing human skills

Removing human

responsibility

Reducing human

control

Eroding human self-

determination

A should (effectively/efficiently) guide B

so that C has a positive-only impact on D.

Beneficence Nonmaleficence Autonomy Justice Explicability

AIUK • • • • •

Asilomar • • • • •

EGE • • • • •

IEEE • • •

Montreal • • • • •

Partnership • • • •

AI4People • • • • •

EC HLEG • • • • •

OECD • • • • •

Beijing AI

Principles

• • • •

Beneficence Nonmaleficence Autonomy Justice Explicability

AIUK • • • • •

Asilomar • • • • •

EGE • • • • •

IEEE • • •

Montreal • • • • •

Partnership • • • •

AI4People • • • • •

EC HLEG • • • • •

OECD • • • • •

Beijing AI

Principles

• • • •

A

C

B

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). Minds & Machines.

D

THE ENVIRONMENT

GOVERNANCE

DESIGN

NEW HABITAT

AI: A DIVORCE

AI ETHICS

Governance: control and direction

Good governance: managing not handling

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). The Politics of Information.

the new challenge is not

technological innovation but

the governance of the digital

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). The Politics of Information.

THE ENVIRONMENT

GOVERNANCE

DESIGN

NEW HABITAT

AI: A DIVORCE

AI ETHICS

the governance of the digital

requires a new human project

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). The Politics of Information.

The Green and the Blue

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). The Politics of Information.

The digital age is

the age of design.

It should be the age

of good design.

Floridi, L. (forthcoming). The Politics of Information.

Thank you

Luciano Floridi | @Floridi

Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information, University of OxfordDirector, Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

Faculty Fellow, Chair of the Data Ethics Group, The Alan Turing Institute