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@ARTICLE{Nyholm:1006831,
author = {Nyholm, Sven and Rüther, Markus},
title = {{M}eaning in {L}ife in {AI} {E}thics—{S}ome {T}rends and
{P}erspectives},
journal = {Philosophy $\&$ technology},
volume = {36},
number = {2},
issn = {2210-5433},
address = {Heidelberg]},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-01875},
pages = {20},
year = {2023},
abstract = {In this paper, we discuss the relation between recent
philosophical discussions about meaning in life (from
authors like Susan Wolf, Thaddeus Metz, and others) and the
ethics of artificial intelligence (AI). Our goal is twofold,
namely, to argue that considering the axiological category
of meaningfulness can enrich AI ethics, on the one hand, and
to portray and evaluate the small, but growing literature
that already exists on the relation between meaning in life
and AI ethics, on the other hand. We start out our review by
clarifying the basic assumptions of the meaning in life
discourse and how it understands the term
‘meaningfulness’. After that, we offer five general
arguments for relating philosophical questions about meaning
in life to questions about the role of AI in human life. For
example, we formulate a worry about a possible
meaningfulness gap related to AI on analogy with the idea of
responsibility gaps created by AI, a prominent topic within
the AI ethics literature. We then consider three specific
types of contributions that have been made in the AI ethics
literature so far: contributions related to
self-development, the future of work, and relationships. As
we discuss those three topics, we highlight what has already
been done, but we also point out gaps in the existing
literature. We end with an outlook regarding where we think
the discussion of this topic should go next.},
cin = {INM-7},
ddc = {500},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
pnm = {5255 - Neuroethics and Ethics of Information (POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5255},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1007/s13347-023-00620-z},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1006831},
}