Library:Harm to Nonhuman Animals from AI: a Systematic Account and Framework (research)

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Harm to Nonhuman Animals from AI: a Systematic Account and Framework as written by Simon Coghlan and Christine Parker, and it was published in Philosophy & Technology in April 2023.

The paper provides a systematic account of how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies could harm nonhuman animals and argues for recognizing animal harms in AI ethics. The paper develops a comprehensive 'harms framework' based on David Fraser's mapping of human activities impacting sentient animals. The framework covers intentional, unintentional, proximate, and distant impacts of AI on animals. It highlights the need to investigate AI's impact on animals due to concerns for animals in themselves, mutual vulnerabilities of humans, animals, and ecosystems, and the lack of attention to animals in AI ethics discourse. The entanglement of human and animal lives is emphasized, and the paper discusses the moral considerability of animals and the importance of recognizing shared impacts on humans, animals, and the environment. Overall, the paper aims to inform ethical analyses of AI's effects on animals and to provide a basis for regulating AI technologies to prevent and mitigate harm to nonhumans.

External links

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-023-00627-6