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AI and Computer ethics

Small, M. (2018) The ethics of AI 

 Spread of information has
become viral today, because of the internet. This also means that false news or rumors can spread speedily through social networking sites or emails. Being involved in the circulation of incorrect information is unethical. Mails and pop-ups are commonly used to spread the wrong information or give false alerts with the only intent of selling products. Circulation of false information is ethically wrong, and AI can can be used in both ethically and unethically, it has the potential to both stop misinformation and reinforce it. According to an article written by Horowitz (2021) Machine learning algorithms have the ability to detect misinformation based on writing style and the way articles are being shared. Furthermore, the research paper done by Horne et al. (2020) concludes after discussing Mturk's potential to to identify misinformation, that AI can be successful at detecting false stories unless the reader's beliefs are already set on the subject. Other research such as a report from Villasenor (2020) suggest that  AI can be used to spread and create misinformation, AI can create fake but realistic looking social media accounts of celebrities to frame them and using AI build a following for that account which creates huge influence, it can also mimic voices of high status people to influence others and create fake videos and all create rapid misinformation attacks. In conclusion, AI is used both ways in the news world either to disinform and to fight disinformation, and since spread of fake news is unethical and the 10 commandments of computer ethics support this, it must be a top priority to use AI in ethical ways to fight unethicality.




Reference: 

Horowitz, B.T. (2021) Can AI Stop People From Believing Fake News?. Available at: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/robotics/artificial-intelligence/ai-misinformation-fake-news (Accessed: 08/06/2021)

Horne, D.B. et al. (2020) "Tailoring heuristics and timing AI interventions for supporting news veracity assessments", Computers in human behavior Reports, 2(7), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2020.100043

Villasenor, J. (2020) How to deal with AI-enabled disinformation. Available at: https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-to-deal-with-ai-enabled-disinformation/ (Accessed: 08/06/2021)

Small, M (2018) Image: The Ethics of AI.



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