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This brief introduction sets a context for the subject of the book: the challenges that arise in developing codes of ethics for artificial intelligence (AI). To start with, an overview of some of the concerns about AI and current developments in AI. AI encompasses a wide range of applications, of very varying natures, which means that there will be complex debates about its benefits and risks. Some of the many and varied current initiatives concerned more specifically with AI and ethics are introduced briefly. There are diverse approaches to tackling ethical issues in AI which may complement the development of codes of ethics, and these too are briefly outlined.
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Boddington, P. (2017). Introduction: Artificial Intelligence and Ethics. In: Towards a Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence: Foundations, Theory, and Algorithms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60648-4_1
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