Humans and Machines – Challenges of Artificial Intelligence (Executive Summary)

Prof. Dr. med. Alena Buyx (Vorsitzende) Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Volker Lipp (Stellvertretender Vorsitzender) Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. h. c. Julian Nida-Rümelin (Stellvertretender Vorsitzender) Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Susanne Schreiber (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Prof. Dr. iur. Steffen Augsberg Regionalbischöfin Dr. phil. Petra Bahr Prof. Dr. theol. Franz-Josef Bormann Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Ulrich Demuth Prof. Dr. iur. Helmut Frister Prof. Dr. theol. Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. phil. Sigrid Graumann Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Armin Grunwald Prof. Dr. med. Wolfram Henn Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ursula Klingmüller Stephan Kruip Prof. Dr. theol. Andreas Lob-Hüdepohl Prof. Dr. iur. Stephan Rixen Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. phil. Frauke Rostalski Prof. Dr. theol. Kerstin Schlögl-Flierl Prof. Dr. phil. Mark Schweda Prof. Dr. phil. Judith Simon Prof. Dr. phil. Muna Tatari Externer Experte Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Dr. phil. h. c. lic. phil. Carl Friedrich Gethmann (Ratsmitglied bis 13. Februar 2021, danach Mitarbeit als externer Experte     «

Prof. Dr. med. Alena Buyx (Vorsitzende) Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Volker Lipp (Stellvertretender Vorsitzender) Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. h. c. Julian Nida-Rümelin (Stellvertretender Vorsitzender) Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Susanne Schreiber (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Prof. Dr. iur. Steffen Augsberg Regionalbischöfin Dr. phil. Petra Bahr Prof. Dr. theol. Franz-Josef Bormann Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Ulrich Demuth Prof. Dr. iur. Helmut Frister Prof. Dr. theol. Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. p...     »

Digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) have found their way into nearly every corner of contemporary life, both public and private. In considering the broader social implications of these de- velopments from an ethical standpoint, it is not enough to under- stand the technologies involved. The ways in which people interact with them must also be taken into account, whether they use them directly or are impacted by their use. One key question considers the implications of delegating tasks previously reserved for humans to machines: Will the use of AI increase or diminish human authorship and options for action? 2) In pursuing this question, the German Ethics Council continues to explore a set of topics it has previously addressed in its Opinions “Big Data and Health – Data Sovereignty as the Shaping of Informational Freedom” (2017) and “Robotics for Good Care” (2020). The present 66INTRODUCTION Opinion also takes up a request from the President of the German Bundestag in October 2020 to draft a multidisciplinary treatise on the ethical issues posed by human–machine relations. 3) The Opinion is divided into three sections. The first addresses the underlying technical and philosophical aspects of the topic. The second section follows with concrete examples, analysing the ethics of AI as it appears in four select fields: medicine, education in schools, public communication and opinion formation, and public administration. The final section identifies ten overarching topics relevant to each of these four fields, including general recommendations.      «

Digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) have found their way into nearly every corner of contemporary life, both public and private. In considering the broader social implications of these de- velopments from an ethical standpoint, it is not enough to under- stand the technologies involved. The ways in which people interact with them must also be taken into account, whether they use them directly or are impacted by their use. One key question considers the implications of de...     »