A Caution against the Artificialistic Fallacy

• Authors: Robin K. Hill

Abstracts

EN

The casual justification of the influence of a technology, particularly artificial intelligence, by appeal to the existence of the technology constitutes an artificialistic fallacy, analogous to the naturalistic fallacy that is well-known in philosophy. Similar to an invocation of nature to provide moral warrant (the naturalistic fallacy), modern tech evangelists invoke the burgeoning of hardware and software products in order to promote that burgeoning (the artificialistic fallacy). This fallacy is often tacit or committed by omission. Emerging ethical initiatives emphasize the refinement, explanation, and oversight of AI products rather than their fundamental ethical effect, making the fallacy recursive.

Keywords

EN

philosophy of computing; ethics of computing; artificial intelligence

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN
• Journal: Filozofia i Nauka
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 10, zeszyt specjalny
• Pages: 275-284

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Robin K. Hill

• University of Wyoming + 1000 E. University Avenue, Department 3315, Laramie, Wyoming 82071 U.S.A.

Identifiers

DOI

10.37240/FiN.2022.10.zs.13

Biblioteka Nauki

31234164