AI-Powered ethics
There is much talk about unethical AI. But how does AI influence human ethical behavior? Can AI algorithms tempt us to behave more unethically, for example by blaming machines for our mistakes? On the flip side, can AI systems help us act more ethically by eliminating our human biases? This project explores mechanisms through which AI could make us more or less moral. By exploring these possibilities, we aim to build AI systems that enhance human ethics.
Scientific writings
N. Köbis, C. Starke, I. Rahwan (2022). The promise and perils of using artificial intelligence to fight corruption. Nature Machine Intelligence. [Free read-only version]
Awad, E., Levine, S., Loreggia, A., Mattei, N., Rahwan, I., Rossi, F., Talamadupula, K., Tenenbaum, J. & Kleiman-Weiner, M. (2022). When is it acceptable to break the rules? knowledge representation of moral judgement based on empirical data. arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.07763.
[Media: Big Think, preprint}Köbis, N., Bonnefon, J. F., & Rahwan, I. (2021). Bad machines corrupt good morals. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(6), 679-685.
[View-only open access version] [Media: LA Times op-ed, The Economist (PDF)]