Do We Have the Right to “Tame” Artificial Intelligence?

Ks. Marcin FERDYNUS

Department of Ethics, Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland , Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0176-1023

Abstract

The aim of the article is to point out a number of reasons why we have the moral right to “tame” artificial intelligence, i.e., to make artificial intelligence subordinate to humans. I attempt to find a justification for this thesis in two main areas. The first area focuses on the negative consequences of applying artificial intelligence in daily life. The second area is related to an attempt to answer the question whether artificial intelligence is a moral agent. The conducted analyses lead to two conclusions. Firstly, artificial intelligence can and does generate negative individual or social consequences. Secondly, artificial intelligence is not a moral agent because it lacks relevant, structural moral properties which human beings possess.

Keywords:

artificial intelligence, superintelligence, moral agent, negative consequences