Ethics, Sustainability, and Social Impact of AI

ETHICS SUSTAINABILITY
AND SOCIAL IMPACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Overview of AI in UK.................................................................................................................3
Utilitarianism, Deontology and Rawl’s theory of Justice............................................................4
Implications of the ethical AI theories.........................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The ethical sustainability and the social impact that AI and its implementation has is a very
discerning and controversial topic. While it is widely acknowledged that the use and integration
of AI today has become unparalleled and challenged, but yet the ethicality and sustainable use of
such technologies is still a field that required research and development (Larsson and et.al.,
2019). The current report will evaluate the present and future trends that might emerge in AI and
the positive and negative stands on its implementation. Further, the Utilitarianism theory, the
Deontology along with Rawls’ Theory of Justice of justice will be evaluated and the principles
that are identified in these theories will then be implemented on the analysis of use of Artificial
Intelligence in UK. The facial recognition technology will be evaluated in particular and lastly an
exhaustive conclusion summarising the key points will be presented in the report.
MAIN BODY
Overview of AI in UK
The term Artificial Intelligence or AI can be termed broadly as the intelligence of the
machines which is not similar to the natural intelligence in the humans or animals. The
simulation of the machines by programming them accordingly makes them behave like humans,
mimicking their actions, thinking like them and also depict their own intelligence by the
artificially programming that has been done of the machines. It can also be used for any machine
which is exhibiting the traits or indulging in the activities that are similar to the functioning of
the human mind (Khakurel and et.al., 2018). More simply put, AI or artificial intelligence can be
defined as the computers and machines doing those things and activities that originally any
human would have done and hence depicts human intelligence that they have been programmed
to learn.
At present, the implications of AI is present in almost every industry that can be imagined
whether it is healthcare, automobile sectors, finances, cyber security, legal professions,
government, military, hospitality industry, auditing, advertising etc. everything. It is present in
the form of computers in basic homes as well thus making life today impossible without AI. The
emergence of the robots being used in restaurants, the development of AI solutions to the
problems being faced regarding cyber security, the classified information that government is able
to obtain and communicate all has been due to the existence of the AI (Jobin, Ienca and Vayena,
2019). There are however future trends as well that are implicit in the further development of AI
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