The ethics of algorithms

Abstract

This work analyses several practical cases of ethics applied to AI in which, either by error and/or introduction of biases in the design of algorithms, or by the commission of some imprudence in the process of human supervision of the algorithmic system, the rights and freedoms of the people who were victims of this technical and/or human failure were affected. On the other hand, we study the three ethical models that can serve as a reference for algorithm designers and programmers so that, as long as it is not fully autonomous and general, in accordance with the paradigm shift that technological singularity will presumably bring, AI remains faithful to the ethical legacy of enlightened, anthropocentric and anthropogenic humanism.