CYBER POLITICS & POLICY
CHAPTER TWELVE
Looking towards the future
Chapter 12
A look into the future, where we consider the politics of artificial intelligence, drones and Big Data analytics, to thinking about the opportunities and risks associated with tomorrow’s internet.
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Learning Objectives
At the end of this chapter, students will be able to:
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Define critical terms including emerging technology, big data, fourth industrial revolution
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Describe political and ethical problems related to dependence on data and algorithms – including algorithmic governance, bias
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Define key terms associated with artificial intelligence – including Meaningful Human Control (MHC) and Levels of Autonomy
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Apply 3 paradigms (Realism, Liberal Internationalism and Constructivism) to describing and analyzing the dynamics of an “AI Arms Race”
Discussion Questions for Chapter One:
Going Deeper: Lawrence Kohlberg
March 30, 2017
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In , Jerry Kaplan proposes a number of possible future ethical scenarios involving artificial intelligence. What is your response to the following scenarios which he proposes?
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Should robots be treated as independent agents, or ‘citizens’ with the right to own property?
To testify (perhaps against you) in court?
To vote in national elections?
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Should robots be treated as wholly responsible for their actions in, for example, being tried for manslaughter if they cause an auto accident or the death of a pedestrian – or does their need to be an individual who exerts Meaningful Human Control (MHC) over the robot?
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Kaplan, J. (2016). Artificial Intelligence:
What Everyone Needs to Know. New York: Oxford University Press, xiii.
