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As advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) occur at a rapid pace, there is a growing need for us to explore and understand what impact these will have on society. Policymakers, opinion leaders, researchers and the general public have many questions. How are biases affecting automated decision-making? How is AI impacting jobs and the global economy? Can, and should, self-driving cars make moral decisions? What should be the ethical, legal and social position of robots?

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Dignum, V. (2019). Introduction. In: Responsible Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence: Foundations, Theory, and Algorithms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30371-6_1

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