AI and Normative Ethics - June 10 - Lode Lauwaert (KU Leuven) @ CEFISES/ISP, UC Louvain

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From:	Mathieu Berteloot <mathieub...@HOTMAIL.COM>

Dear all,

On Wednesday the 10th of June, we host Prof. Lode Lauwaert (KU Leuven) 15h-17h (Central European Time/UTC+2) for an online seminar 'AI and Normative Ethics' as part of the CEFISES seminars at the Institut Supérieur de Philosophie (ISP), UC Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve)
Feel most welcome to attend.

Meeting Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2Q0OWZmMzAtMGRlYS00NzZjLWIxZGMtNjA5ZGY3ODgzZDEw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%227ab090d4-fa2e-4ecf-bc7c-4127b4d582ec%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d3e1cf75-702b-490c-b736-f428872f8640%22%7d

Abstract: In his famous text “Killer Robots” (Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2007), Robert Sparrow holds that autonomous AI systems (such as killer robots) should be forbidden. That conclusion is based on two premises. The first is that moral responsibility is a necessary condition for an action to be allowed; the second premise is that the use of autonomous AI systems is accompanied by a responsibility gap: no one can be held responsible for the effects of the interventions of a fully autonomous AI system. Although there are very good reasons to conclude that those systems should be banned, it will be shown that Sparrow’s argument for the ban is not correct. More specifically, the lecture will make clear the following two things: it is not because AI systems operate completely autonomously that one cannot hold anyone responsible for the effects of their interventions; and even if no one can be held responsible, a responsibility gap is not a sufficient condition for prohibition.

Kind Regards,
Mathieu Berteloot

mathieu....@uclouvain.be

Aspirant FNRS (Fonds de La Recherche Scientifique) - PhD Student
UC Louvain
ISP (Institut Supérieur de Philosophie)
CEFISES (Philosophies des Sciences et Sociétés)