Is there an ethics of algorithms?
Is there an ethics of algorithms?
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DOI：
10.1007/s10676-010-9233-7
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发表时间：
2011-09-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Peterson, Martin
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作者：
Kraemer, Felicitas;van Overveld, Kees;Peterson, Martin
我们认为，某些算法是充满价值的，并且接受不同价值判断的两个或更多人可能有合理的理由以不同的方式设计此类算法。我们通过讨论医学图像分析中使用的一组算法来举例说明我们的主张：在这些算法中，通常需要设置某些阈值，例如是否细胞应该被视为患病或未患病，所选择的阈值将部分取决于软件设计者在避免假阳性和假阴性之间的偏好。这种偏好最终取决于一些价值判断。在本文的最后一部分，我们讨论了处理算法设计中的道德问题的一些一般原则。
We argue that some algorithms are value-laden, and that two or more persons who accept different value-judgments may have a rational reason to design such algorithms differently. We exemplify our claim by discussing a set of algorithms used in medical image analysis: In these algorithms it is often necessary to set certain thresholds for whether e.g. a cell should count as diseased or not, and the chosen threshold will partly depend on the software designer's preference between avoiding false positives and false negatives. This preference ultimately depends on a number of value-judgments. In the last section of the paper we discuss some general principles for dealing with ethical issues in algorithm-design.