Applied Ethics and Sustainability.

Applied Ethics and Sustainability

Artificial intelligence
a. Should Artificial Intelligence require legislation to be implemented to avoid serious
consequences?
b. Importance and need of analysis of ethical issue
Various research studies are being conducted regarding the ethical issues associated with
Artificial Intelligence (AI), because it is important for humans to control artificial intelligence in
short-term. In the era of artificial intelligence, it is essential to seek ethical adjustment
(tutorialspoint.com, 2019). AI is a replication of human thinking and behaviours but, when
technology reaches a certain level, question arises whether these artificial creations be given life
or let them be enslaved by humans, and to have them emotions to replace human work
(Alsedrah, 2017). As development of AI could have serious consequences, it is essential to
utilize ethical controls and to improve them. At this point of time, it is doubtful that AI
legislation be implemented. From the point of view of legislative efficiency, it is not easy to meet
actual needs so, there is requirement of thinking about and adapting a judicial point of view (Das
et al., 2010). With the use of Marx’s dialectical theory, it has been found that behind production
of a particular thing, there must have two sides i.e. while enjoying the positive role of thing, its
negative influence cannot be ignored, particularly considering the development of science and
technology. In addition to it, one cannot ignore the guidance and education provided by people
while using AI, which is an interdisciplinary science closely associated with computer science,
physics, psychology, linguistics, logic as well as philosophy (Perez et al., 2019). However, it has
become an independent system now, it is still a young and pioneering discipline with a highly
comprehensive character which requires exploring in different ways.

c. Facts relevant to the analysis of ethical question
AI and legal issues for the purpose of analyzing ethical issue are;
 Legal issues related to smart trip planning is that, navigation system has become highly
accurate and it can now be used through computers, mobiles and other devices and have
brought convenience to our lives. Through AI technology, people can plan trips easily
and quickly. Even though, AI technology applies to navigation, there are still various
factors that affect proper functioning such as poor signaling and intelligent judgment
errors or failure of navigation and operation (Bostrom & Yudkowsky, 2018). So, the
application of AI in navigation involves security issues and, who should bear liability
and how to protect the rights of victims (Accenture , 2019).
 In medical field, surgical robots are being used, however, they are not perfect enough to
complete the operation on their own, and doctors give instructions to these robots. It has
been proven that robots have better surgical results and efficiency as compared to
humans but, they also involve a lot of risks as well (Frankish & Ramsey, 2014). In case
of failure in surgery by an intelligent robot, it is considered as medical accident. So,
negligence of machinery or technology might become a legal issue (Ma et al., 2018).
 With the fiercely increasing e-commerce competition, majority of e-commerce vendors
are using AI. Through understanding of big data, data related to past behaviors of the
customers could be collected to analyze their preferences. In addition, customer chat,
intelligent customer service robots provides great benefits to the businesses (BEALL,
2018). On the other hand, proper concern and paying attention to fake and shoddy
quality of goods, is also essential. When e-commerce vendors use AI systems to
recommend products, the responsibility for recommending counterfeit or fake products