Talking about how we talk about the ethics of artificial intelligence

If you want to understand how people are thinking (and feeling) about new technologies, it's important to understand how media outlets are thinking (and writing) about new technologies. A recent analysis of how journalists have dealt with the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) suggests that reporters are doing a good job of grappling with a complex set of questions--but there's room for improvement. To learn more about the work, why they did it, and why it's important, we talked to the researchers who did the work: Veljko Dubljević, corresponding author of the paper and an assistant professor of philosophy at NC State; Leila Ouchchy, first author of the paper and a former undergrad at NC State; and Allen Coin, co-author of the paper and a graduate student at NC State. The paper, "AI in the headlines: the portrayal of the ethical issues of artificial intelligence in the media," was published in the journal AI & Society on March 29. The Abstract: This paper focuses, in part, on ethical issues related to AI technologies that people would use in their daily lives.