The development of AI ethics must keep pace with innovation

The ability of artificial intelligence to make ethically sound decisions is a hot topic in debates around the world. The issue is particularly prevalent in discussions on the future of autonomous cars, but it spans to include ethical conundrums similar to those depicted in sci-fi flicks like Blade Runner. These high-level debates are mainly about a future that's still years away, but it is true that AI is already becoming part of our lives. Think Siri, Amazon's Alexa, and the photo-sorting function on many smartphones. The popularity of technologies like these already influences how people think about machine intelligence.