How to Make Expert Ethical Decisions in the AI Era

This article is the fifth in a series about how business leaders can become better prepared for managing the AI disruption. AI is great at cognitive thinking but terrible at ethical thinking. So bad at ethical judgment, in fact, that questions of ethics are likely to remain one of the most challenging aspects of developing large-scale commercial applications of AI. The ethical and moral implications of AI can impact business, society, or both at the same time. Consider the Google employees who resigned -- and the thousands who co-signed a letter to their CEO -- in protest of Pentagon-funded projects.