THE LIMITS TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: DO MACHINES HAVE ETHICAL BIAS?
Danielle Jacon Ayres Pinto, Rafael Gonçalves Mota · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2023
The artificial intelligence (AI) left science fiction movies to become part of the reality, present in our daily routine. We increasingly use services controlled by this technology, which start to interact more strongly with our lives. The utilization of AI-equipped tools and softwares compel society to reflect not only about the pertinence of its use, but above all on the ethical limits that must be respected so that the fundamental rights are preserved. The utilization of AI as a mean to facial identification to give access to services or even to locate fugitives from justice, as well as the use of autonomous cars and weapons, controlled by smart softwares, demands an open and straight debate about what we will (and should) allow such equipment to do, not only replacing the humans in action diagnosis, but effectively taking decisions and acting as protagonists of social reality. It’s not possible that we can dispense the use of such technological means. Thus, more than ever, the social and scientific debate must be oriented towards imposing limits and reservations, not only to the development of these means. It is needed to question: are we willing to give up our intimacy and privacy in order to have a more technologically active life? In this sense, the dialogue between researchers and thinkers from different states about the subject is more and more necessary each day. Because despite the natural differences between the countries and their respective societies, the challenges are common and tend to demand shared solutions.