Ethics is about considering what is right or wrong from a moral perspective, not merely accuracy. The term implies a level of societal agreement as to rules of principels of conduct as opposed to persoanal morality, which is baout an individuals moral compass. Within AI we may be faced with ethcial issues regardin the direct use of tecnology, for example the development of autonomous weapons or the inderct ioact, for example increasing digital exclusion. There are fundamental philisophical and legal questios as to whether a machine itself is an ethical actor, whether it can be held responsible for its actios, or whether ths lies solely with its desigers and/or owners. Certanly the process of programming or training automated systems often means we have to make ethical positions explicit. A classic example of this is the trolley problem.
Used on Chap. 20: pages 489, 493
Also known as ethical