Social Norms for Artificial Systems

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Author

Anna Strasser, Humboldt University Berlin (DE)

Anna Strasser is an independent researcher affiliated with the Humboldt University Berlin. She received her PhD in 2004 (Cognition of artificial systems) and was between 2004 – 2007 Assistant professor (C1), Center for Cognitive Science, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg. Between 2009 – 2016 she was postdoctoral Researcher & Scientific Coordinator, Berlin School of Mind and Brain / Institute of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In 2018 she was Visiting Fellow, Tufts University, Center for Cognitive Studies.

Abstract

This paper investigates reasons to argue for social norms regulating our behavior towards artificial agents. By problematizing the assertion that moral agency is, in principle, a necessary prerequisite for moral patiency, reasons are examined which are independent of attributing moral agency to artificial agents, but which speak for morally appropriate behavior towards artificial systems. To this end, potential negative impacts of human-machine interactions are analyzed with a focus on factors that support a transfer of behavioral patterns from human-machine interactions to human-human interactions.