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SUMMARY:Virtual Persons: Rethinking Human Value
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem (University of Pretoria)\nThe fi
 rst of the 2018 EU guidelines for ethical AI states “AI should not tramp
 le on human autonomy. People should not be manipulated or coerced by AI sy
 stems\, and humans should be able to intervene or oversee every decision t
 hat the software makes”. The thinking behind this guideline is the Kanti
 an notion that humans have intrinsic worth\, and should therefore always b
 e the best final arbiters in considering the impact of decisions on humans
 . Are such views justified in an age where humans are not necessarily the 
 only rational beings anymore\, and also do not have the best history of be
 neficial moral decision-making? In the age of 4IR\, we need to rethink our
  reasons for framing guidelines such as the above\, especially\, I argue\,
  if they are built on assumptions of notions of personal identity giving h
 umans the upper hand. In order to commence this ‘rethinking of humanity
 ’\, I consider the arguments of writers such as Asaro\, Moor\, Allen and
  Wallach for identifying levels of artificial morality as a way in which t
 o formulate a positive contemporary response to the well-known 1991 articl
 e by Cole in which he defends the potential mental abilities of algorithms
  with his notion of ‘virtual persons’.\n\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/e
 vent/171/contributions/2087/
LOCATION:School of Tourism and Hospitality
URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/171/contributions/2087/
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