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An ERA-curated thematic profile by era.forum examining the ethical questions raised by artificial intelligence. Sessions explore responsibility for AI outcomes, moral limits of technology, competing human values, fairness, and the social consequences of algorithmic decisions.
Sessions
Whose Values Are Inside the Algorithm?
AI systems reflect choices about data, design, priorities, and acceptable outcomes. Explore how cultural assumptions, institutional interests, and competing values shape algorithmic behavior and its consequences.
Are Some Uses of AI Morally Unacceptable?
Some AI applications may remain ethically troubling even when they are legal, accurate, or efficient. Explore how autonomy, dignity, fairness, vulnerability, and social harm can help societies judge whether particular uses of AI should be rejected or constrained.
Just Because AI Can Do It, Should It?
Technical capability does not automatically justify use. Explore how ethical principles, potential harm, human dignity, and social consequences should influence decisions about where and how AI is deployed.
Can Moral Responsibility Be Shared with a Machine?
AI can shape harmful or unfair outcomes, but machines do not bear responsibility in the same way people and institutions do. Explore whether moral responsibility can be distributed across designers, organizations, users, and automated systems—and what must remain irreducibly human.