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The Ethics Gap in the Engineering of the Future

ISBN: 978-1-83797-636-2, eISBN: 978-1-83797-635-5

Publication date: 25 November 2024

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(2024), "Index", Stelios, S. and Theologou, K. (Ed.) The Ethics Gap in the Engineering of the Future, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83797-635-520241013

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INDEX

Accountability for ML failures
, 59–60

navigating complexity of accountability
, 59–60

Actuarial inference
, 30

Advanced encryption techniques
, 63

Advanced ML algorithms
, 56

Adversarial debiasing
, 28–29, 41, 43

Algae biofuels
, 125

Algorithmic biases
, 40–41

in education
, 31

Algorithmic decision systems (ADS)
, 29

domains of
, 29–35

Algorithmic systems
, 29

Algorithmic transparency and bias
, 54

Aliens
, 178–181

life
, 178–180

moral transition into world with
, 185–194

Antarctic programs
, 216

Anthropocene, targeting of technologies of
, 162–166

Anticipation
, 178–181

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
, 18, 85

Artificial intelligence (AI)
, 3, 9–10, 28, 43–44, 52, 105–106, 113–114

AI-based algorithms
, 33

AI-enabled robots
, 72–74

AI-powered systems
, 114

AI-powered technologies
, 52

consciousness and
, 140–141

empathy and
, 141–152

ethics
, 100, 102, 149, 151

higher education and
, 144–146

history of
, 137–140

industry
, 55

navigating coexistence of AI-enabled coworkers
, 72–73

open questions
, 151–152

rise of AI-enabled coworkers in manufacturing
, 72

systems
, 57

Artificial intelligence Fairness 360 (AIF360)
, 28–29, 42–43

Artificial neural networks
, 52

Artificial womb
, 222–223, 225

Asimov’s laws of robotics
, 11, 18, 21

application on hypothesised real-case contemporary situation
, 14–18

application on imagined future scenarios
, 18–21

directed at humans
, 13–14

responsibility
, 12–13

Asteroid capture tech
, 164

Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR)
, 52

challenge of privacy in
, 60–62

data privacy and security in AR/VR Systems
, 62–64

ethical framework for AR/VR technologies in industry
, 65–66

ethical implications of AR/VR in industrial production
, 60–66

examples
, 60–62

psychological effects
, 64–65

psychological impacts and gamification in AR/VR
, 64–65

Autonomy
, 65

Baseline Random Forest model
, 44

Benign failure modes
, 86

Biases
, 28, 31–32, 40–42

Bioastronautics
, 4

Bioethics
, 139–140, 151–152, 224

AI open questions
, 151–152

epharmology
, 146–148

ethics of using AI
, 149–151

first problematic intermezzo
, 140–141

higher education and AI
, 144–146

history of AI
, 137–140

problematic intermezzo
, 141–152

Biofuels
, 124–127

Biomedical human enhancement
, 202, 209

Biosafety, issue of
, 127–128

Biosecurity, issue of
, 128–129

Biotechnology
, 3–4, 173–174

“Bottom-up” approach
, 98–100

Capitalism
, 208–210

Case Management Inventory (CMI)
, 36

Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT)
, 139–140, 145, 151

Civil Rights movement
, 160

Classical approach
, 205

Cognitive biases
, 33–34

Cohen’s approach
, 181–182

Coherent Extrapolated Volition (CEV)
, 89

Collaborative manufacturing tasks
, 71–72

Collaborative robots (cobots)
, 71

Collaborative work environments, transition to
, 72–73

Colonization
, 107–108, 115

of lifeworld
, 105–106

Communicative action
, 108–110

Computational framework
, 28–29

Computational intelligence
, 112–113

Conference of the Parties (COP)
, 120–121

Confidence
, 15

Consciousness and AI
, 140–141

Control
, 13

Cooperative interpretation process
, 109

Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS)
, 35–36, 39

algorithm
, 28, 43–44

model
, 40

problems with
, 42–43

tool
, 35–36

Cosmic radiation
, 218

COVID-19 pandemic
, 219

Criminal justice in age of AI

algorithmic biases and debiasing
, 40–41

domains of algorithmic decision systems
, 29–35

problems with COMPAS algorithm
, 42–43

ProPublica’s Study COMPAS
, 39–40

recidivism risk assessment instruments
, 35–39

Criticality of reliable ML
, 57

Cyberphysical integration, ethical challenges in
, 68

Cyberphysical systems, ethical landscape of digital twins as
, 66–68

Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence (DSRPAI)
, 52

Data anonymization
, 64

Data gathering processes
, 53

Data privacy and security in AR/VR systems
, 62–64

challenge of privacy in AR/VR landscape
, 62–63

risks of personal data misuse
, 63

securing AR/VR data
, 63–64

Debiasing
, 40–41

Decision-making process
, 52

Deep learning models
, 56, 138–139

Dehumanization concerns in workplace
, 75

Democracy
, 14

Digital technology
, 105–106

Digital twins
, 52

ethical challenges in cyberphysical integration
, 68

ethical framework for digital twin technology
, 70

ethical implications of digital twins in manufacturing
, 66–70

ethical landscape of digital twins as cyberphysical systems
, 66–68

role of digital twins in manufacturing
, 67–68

Digitization

concept of digitizing human aspects
, 68–69

of human elements and implications
, 68–70

potential risks and ethical concerns
, 69–70

of social behaviour
, 110

Discrimination
, 32

Disparate Impact Remover
, 44–45

Double-edged sword
, 65

Dragon Systems from Massachusetts
, 138

Dual-process approaches
, 181–182

Earth, human enhancement and vulnerable people on
, 205–209

Ectogenesis
, 223

potential benefits of using ectogenesis for space settlements
, 222–223

Education
, 31

Empathy and AI
, 141–152

Energy production
, 124–127

Engineering
, 1

Epharmology
, 3–4, 146, 148

Ethical framework

for digital twin technology
, 70

for human–robot collaboration
, 75–76

Ethical Management of AI (EMMA)
, 55

Ethical reflection
, 2

Ethics (see also Bioethics)
, 114–115

of knowledge
, 129

of using AI
, 149–151

European Parliament
, 11

European Union (EU)
, 130–131

Ex-vivo Uterine Environment platform (EVE platform)
, 222–223

Exclusion
, 32

Explainable AI (XAI)
, 55–57

Exploitation
, 202–205

Extensions
, 90–93

of prophecy
, 90–91

Extraterrestrial life

monster
, 181, 185, 194–195

moral transition into world with aliens
, 185–194

outer space, monsters, aliens, anticipation and moral imagination
, 178–181

Extrauterine Environment for Neonatal Development (EXTEND)
, 222–223

Fairness
, 28

Feature selection methods
, 34

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (FDCA)
, 130–131

Federal Law on Insecticides, Fungicides, and Rodenticides (FIFRA)
, 130–131

Feminist bioethics
, 205–206, 211–212

Future
, 1

Futures Literacy Laboratory-Novelty (FLL-N)
, 186–187

Gamification in AR/VR
, 64–65

Gap
, 1–2

Gender exclusion
, 208–209

Gene editing
, 202–203, 211–212

Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)
, 41

Generative AI
, 112

Geoengineering
, 172

Geosynchronous orbit (GEO)
, 162–163

Global bioethics
, 205–206

Gradient Penalty
, 44

Gravity fields
, 220–221

Habermas
, 105–106

Health service
, 206

Higher education and AI
, 144–146

Historical Clinical Risk Management-20 (HCR-20)
, 36

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT)
, 124, 126, 128

Human enhancement

and type of space mission and rationale
, 203–205

and vulnerable people in space
, 209–211

and vulnerable people on Earth
, 205–209

Human nature
, 202–203, 205

Human Resource (HR)
, 33

Human-centric approach
, 65

Human–robot collaboration (HRC)
, 52

ethical framework for
, 75–76

safeguarding physical and psychological health in
, 73–74

socio-economic implications of
, 74–75

Humans, navigating coexistence of
, 72–73

Hypothesised real-case contemporary situation, application on
, 14–18

Immune function
, 221

In-process tweaks
, 34

Indiana Risk Assessment System (IRAS)
, 36

Industrial Revolution
, 112

Industry, ethical framework for AR/VR technologies in
, 65–66

Industry 4.0 technologies
, 52

Information systems
, 32

Information-based ‘mechanization’ process
, 114

Informed consent
, 224

Institutional sexism and positioning of women’s bodies as “problem”
, 216–217

Instrumental convergence thesis
, 88

Intelligent machines
, 112–113

Intelligent manufacturing systems
, 52, 55–56, 77

advent of AI and intelligent manufacturing
, 51–53

charting ethical course in intelligent manufacturing
, 76–77

dehumanization concerns in workplace
, 75

digitization of human elements and implications
, 68–70

ensuring personnel safety
, 73–74

ethical considerations in machine learning in manufacturing
, 53–60

ethical dimensions of human–robot collaboration in manufacturing
, 70–76

ethical framework for digital twin technology
, 70

ethical framework for human–robot collaboration
, 75–76

ethical implications of AR/VR in industrial production
, 60–66

ethical implications of digital twins in manufacturing
, 66–70

ethical landscape of digital twins as cyberphysical systems
, 66–68

examples
, 71–72

examples in manufacturing
, 66

navigating coexistence of humans and AI-enabled coworkers
, 72–73

potential job displacement and inequality
, 74–75

psychological impacts
, 74

rise of AI-enabled coworkers in manufacturing
, 72

safeguarding physical and psychological health in HRC
, 73–74

socio-economic implications of HRC
, 74–75

transition to collaborative work environments
, 72–73

Intensions
, 90–93

of prophecy
, 90–91

International Energy Agency (IEA)
, 125

International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM)
, 127–128

International organizations (UNESCO)
, 150

Interstellar craft
, 164

Justice concept
, 28

Justification
, 169–170

Kiesling’s process
, 123–124

Knowledge
, 108

Large language models (LLMs)
, 139–140

Laws of Robotics
, 9–10

Learning
, 148

Lebenswelt
, 106–110

future, AI and ethical factor
, 113–114

intelligent machines
, 112–113

and technology
, 110–114

unbearable complexity of
, 112–113

Legacy of Socrates
, 98–102

Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R)
, 36–37

Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI)
, 36

Liberal democracy
, 173

Life
, 122–123

Lifeworld
, 108–109

colonization
, 107–108

communicative action
, 108–110

Lebenswelt
, 106–110

Lebenswelt and technology
, 110–114

unbearable complexity of Lebenswelt
, 112–113

Liminality
, 185

Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanations (LIME)
, 42

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
, 162–163, 215–216

Machine learning (ML)
, 28, 43–44, 52

accountability for ML failures
, 59–60

algorithms
, 16

ethical considerations in machine learning in manufacturing
, 53–60

examples
, 53–54

imperative of proactive ethical engagement
, 55

key ethical challenges in ML-integrated manufacturing
, 54–55

models
, 66, 112

reliability of ML systems
, 57–59

tools
, 33

transparency in ML systems
, 55–57

Malignant failure modes
, 86

Manufacturing

ethical implications of digital twins in
, 66–70

rise of AI-enabled coworkers in
, 72

role of digital twins in
, 67–68

Mechanization
, 112

Memex
, 138

Micro-gravity
, 218

Military tensions
, 172

Minimal genome project
, 122–123

Ministry’s Code of Ethics
, 10

Mission
, 204–205

Monster
, 178, 181, 185, 194–195

theory
, 178

Monsterization
, 178–180

Moral exceptionalism
, 203

Moral imagination
, 178–181

Moral sensitivity
, 180

Morality
, 114–115

Mycoplasma mycoides
, 122–123

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
, 216–217

National Bioeconomy Blueprint 2012 report, The
, 120–121

National space agencies
, 216

Natural Language Processing (NLP)
, 33

New Space
, 203–204

Nonviolent Risk Assessment (NVRA)
, 37

Nuclear technology
, 173–174

Off-world human society
, 217

Off-world pregnancy risks
, 217–222

distance from Earth
, 219–220

gravity fields
, 220–221

hostile/closed environments
, 221–222

isolation and confinement
, 219

space radiation
, 218–219

Offender Assessment System (OASys)
, 37

Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS)
, 37

Open-source AI models
, 57

Outer space
, 178–181

Outer Space Treaty, The
, 163

Partial merger of space skepticism with political activism
, 168–171

Perils of synthetic biology

artificial life from scratch
, 122–123

efficient manufacturing of pharmaceuticals
, 123–124

energy production
, 124–127

ethical issues of
, 127–129

history of
, 121–123

issue of biosafety
, 127–128

issue of biosecurity
, 128–129

potential benefits and ethical issues of
, 123–129

synthetic biology
, 120–121

synthetic biology regulation
, 130–131

Personal data misuse, risks of
, 63

Personnel safety
, 73–74

Perverse instantiation

aligning intensions and extensions
, 90–93

genies once and genies in future
, 93–98

legacy of Socrates
, 98–102

twisting wishes and instantiating
, 86–90

Perverse instantiation
, 95–97

Pharmaceuticals, efficient manufacturing of
, 123–124

Philosophical method of Socrates
, 92

Physical health in HRC
, 73–74

Political activism, partial merger of space skepticism with
, 168–171

Populism
, 164

Post Conviction Risk Assessment tool (PCRA tool)
, 38

Post-processing approaches
, 34

Pre-processing
, 34

Pregnancy
, 221

Prejudice
, 32

Principles for Supervision of Synthetic Biology
, 130

Proactive ethical engagement, imperative of
, 55

Promises of synthetic biology

artificial life from scratch
, 122–123

efficient manufacturing of pharmaceuticals
, 123–124

energy production
, 124–127

ethical issues of
, 127–129

history of
, 121–123

issue of biosafety
, 127–128

issue of biosecurity
, 128–129

potential benefits and ethical issues of
, 123–129

synthetic biology
, 120–121

synthetic biology regulation
, 130–131

ProPublica

scrutiny of COMPAS tool
, 29

study COMPAS
, 39–40

Propulsion systems
, 162–163

Proto-centaur hybrids
, 184

Pseudonymization
, 64

Psychological health in HRC
, 73–74

Psychological support mechanisms
, 74

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)
, 37–38

Quantitative Input Influence (QII)
, 45

Racial bias
, 34

Radiation astronauts
, 218–219

Radiation risks
, 219

Random Forest

classifier
, 28–29

model
, 43

Rat neonates
, 220

Rational discourse
, 108

Realism
, 61–62

Recidivism risk assessment instruments
, 35–39

Recombinant DNA technology
, 122

Reliability of ML systems
, 57–59

consequences of system failures
, 58

criticality of reliable ML
, 57

measures to enhance system reliability
, 58–59

Reproduction in space, historical perspectives on
, 216–217

Reproductive bioastronautics
, 225

Reproductive bioethics framework for space
, 223–225

Reproductive technologies
, 216, 225

Responsibility
, 10, 12–13

Responsibility gap concept
, 13

Risk
, 171–174

communication
, 224

of personal data misuse
, 63

Risk-Need-Responsivity model (RNR model)
, 36–38

Robot Ethics Charter
, 11

Robotics
, 165–166

Robots
, 143–144

Robust access control mechanisms
, 63

Rocketry
, 162–163

Rossum’s Universal Robots (R. U. R.)
, 137–138

Royal Academy of Engineering
, 120–121

Safety
, 9–10

Satellites and communications systems
, 162–163

Science and technology studies (STS)
, 32

Second wave of synthetic biology
, 122

Sexually transmitted infections
, 221–222

SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP)
, 45

Simulated liminality, unfamiliar futures and beneficial monsters in
, 185–194

Situation
, 109

Skeptical complex, tensions within
, 166–168

Skepticism
, 160–161, 171–172

Smartphone-based gamified job design
, 64–65

Social construction of reality (SCR)
, 115

Socrates, legacy of
, 98–102

Socratic approach
, 102

“Socratic hybrid” approach
, 100

Sophisms
, 91–92

Sophists
, 91–93

Space
, 4, 204–205

expansion
, 163

historical perspectives on reproduction in
, 216–217

human enhancement and type of space mission and rationale
, 203–205

human enhancement and vulnerable people in
, 209–211

potential benefits of using ectogenesis for space settlements
, 222–223

radiation
, 218–219

reproductive bioethics framework for
, 223–225

space-based Earth monitoring technologies
, 166

Space exploration
, 202–203

and utilization
, 180

Space skepticism
, 164, 169

partial merger of space skepticism with political activism
, 168–171

Space technologies
, 2–3, 162–163

partial merger of space skepticism with political activism
, 168–171

setting up problem
, 160–162

targeting of technologies of anthropocene
, 162–166

tensions within skeptical complex
, 166–168

timeliness and risk
, 171–174

Speech recognition models
, 33

State agencies
, 209–210

Static-99 Revised (Static-99(R))
, 38–39

Stereotyping
, 32

Super intelligence
, 18–19, 87

Super-intelligent AI
, 19–20, 22, 88

Super-intelligent artificial systems
, 18–19

Superior Second Law
, 17

Synthetic biologists
, 123–124

Synthetic biology
, 119–121, 129

regulation
, 130–131

synthetic biology 1.0
, 122

Synthetic genomics
, 124–125, 129

Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE)
, 45

Synthia
, 120, 122–123

Systems

consequences of system failures
, 58

theory
, 107

Technical Construction of Reality (TCR)
, 105–106

Technik-Lebenswelt
, 105–106

Techno-constructionism concept
, 105–106, 111

Technological construction of reality (TCR)
, 111

Technological development
, 5

Technological phenomenon
, 2, 115

Technological sectors
, 4–5

Technology
, 1–3, 105–106

Lebenswelt and
, 110–114

Teleological claim
, 164, 168

Temporalization
, 164

Tensions within skeptical complex
, 166–168

Terrestrial technology
, 173–174

Tetris
, 84

Theme
, 111

Timeliness
, 171–174

“Top-down approach”
, 98–100

Toxic Substances Control Act, The
, 130–131

Transfer learning technique
, 53

Transparency

in AI systems
, 32

challenges to achieving
, 56

imperative of
, 55–56

in ML systems
, 55–57

strategies for enhancing
, 56–57

“Transparency by design” concept
, 55–56

Trust
, 15

Turing test of ‘machine intelligence’
, 138

Turing’s universal machine
, 138

Ultra-violet radiation (UV radiation)
, 218–219

US National Research Council
, 124–125

User-centric design
, 57

Virtual reality (VR)
, 52

input devices
, 62–63

Vulnerable group
, 208, 211

Vulnerable people in space, human enhancement and
, 209–211

Vulnerable people on Earth, human enhancement and
, 205–209

War
, 160

Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Networks (WGANs)
, 44

Women
, 206–207

Women’s bodies as “problem”, institutional sexism and positioning of
, 216–217

Workplace, dehumanization concerns in
, 75

Workshop participants
, 188

Xenobots
, 152

Zeroth Law
, 9–11, 15–16, 18