Using "The Machine Stops" for Teaching Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science
Using "The Machine Stops" for Teaching Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science
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使用“机器停止”进行人工智能和计算机科学的道德教学
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2016
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Nicholas Mattei
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Emanuelle Burton;J. Goldsmith;Nicholas Mattei
人工智能和计算机科学中伦理问题的一个关键前沿是教学生如何根据我们教他们的工具和技术来处理他们在职业生涯中将面临的问题。 在过去的工作（和目前的教学）中，我们提倡使用科幻小说作为适当的工具，使人工智能研究人员能够让学生和公众参与人工智能的现状和潜在影响。我们提出了对E.M.的教学建议。福斯特1909年的故事，“机器停止”，以教授计算机伦理学的主题。 特别是，我们用这个故事来研究与不断提供远程联系，物理隔离，并依赖于一台机器有关的道德问题-所有这些都没有提到电脑游戏或其他媒体，学生有强烈的情感联想。我们给出了一个高层次的观点，共同的伦理理论，并指出他们如何告知的故事所提出的问题，并提供了一个思考如何解决这些问题的结构。
A key front for ethical questions in artificial intelligence, and computer science more generally, is teaching students how to engage with the questions they will face in their professional careers based on the tools and technologies we teach them. In past work (and current teaching) we have advocated for the use of science fiction as an appropriate tool which enables AI researchers to engage students and the public on the current state and potential impacts of AI. We present teaching suggestions for E.M. Forster's 1909 story, "The Machine Stops," to teach topics in computer ethics. In particular, we use the story to examine ethical issues related to being constantly available for remote contact, physically isolated, and dependent on a machine --- all without mentioning computer games or other media to which students have strong emotional associations. We give a high-level view of common ethical theories and indicate how they inform the questions raised by the story and afford a structure for thinking about how to address them.