Ethics and

Artificial
Intelligence
Are the Machines Ready?
Henrique Jose LEAL JEREISSATI FILHO
01 Yann Bruno ANDRADE MELLO
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 Summary

The autonomous Bias in the Conclusion

car machines

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 The Autonomous Car
Advantages Main Challenges
Reduction of traffic accidents caused by Definition of legal responsibilities for events
human factors; caused by the vehicle;
Possibility for people with disabilities Adjustment of traffic legislation to address
(physical or visual) to use the car without autonomous vehicles;
the help of others; Develop sensors that are more capable of
Increased productivity as the driver can perceiving traffic conditions, especially
perform other activities during the pedestrians and cyclists.
navigation process;
Optimization of vehicle resources through
the proper use of components;
Increase in the traffic capacity of the roads
with the reduction of distances between
vehicles, due to less reaction time for
braking.

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The Trolley Dillema
Thoughts experiments in ethics and psychology.
Created by the brittish philosopher Philippa Foot in
1967 as part of an analysis of debates on abortion.
Some paper already said that the scenario is "too
extreme and unconnected from reality"
Has helped to raise important questions about the
ethics of self-driving cars.

"Should the law determine ethical standards for self-driving

cars?"

"Should the car owners or drivers determine their car's

ethical values, such as favoring safety of the owner or the
owner's family over the safety of others?"
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Biasing of the machines
Data are not
neutral
Depending on how the database
is built, it can skew any model
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Data has
validity
The information contained in the
databases that guide machine
learning may be dated.
Data may carry
hidden biases
Biases and prejudices may be
hidden in the data, which makes
the task of identifying them more
difficult.
 Other risks and ethical
challenges of AI
Removal of Prejudice and Facilitation of
Human (in)justice controversial or
Responsibility even evil
human conduct
Devaluation of Reduction of
human skills human control

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Should the law determine
ethical standards for self-
driving cars?
Are the Machines Ready?
Should the car owners or
drivers determine their car's
ethical values, such as
favoring safety of the owner
or the owner's family over the
safety of others?
When any serious error
occurs with respect to AI,
who is/should be to blame
AI can be harmful to
minorities and capable of
spreading hatred against
them?
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