001007615 001__ 1007615 001007615 005__ 20240313103135.0 001007615 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.48550/arXiv.2305.10938 001007615 0247_ $$2datacite_doi$$a10.34734/FZJ-2023-02114 001007615 037__ $$aFZJ-2023-02114 001007615 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aFarisco, Michele$$b0$$eCorresponding author 001007615 245__ $$aA method for the ethical analysis of brain-inspired AI 001007615 260__ $$barXiv$$c2023 001007615 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)25$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aPreprint$$bpreprint$$mpreprint$$s1689923782_16862 001007615 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aWORKING_PAPER 001007615 3367_ $$028$$2EndNote$$aElectronic Article 001007615 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$apreprint 001007615 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 001007615 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Working Paper 001007615 520__ $$aDespite its successes, to date Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still characterized by a number of shortcomings with regards to different application domains and goals. These limitations are arguably both conceptual (e.g., related to underlying theoretical models, such as symbolic vs. connectionist), and operational (e.g., related to robustness and ability to generalize). Biologically inspired AI, and more specifically brain-inspired AI, promises to provide further biological aspects beyond those that are already traditionally included in AI, making it possible to assess and possibly overcome some of its present shortcomings. This article examines some conceptual, technical, and ethical issues raised by the development and use of brain-inspired AI. Against this background, the paper asks whether there is anything ethically unique about brain-inspired AI. The aim of the paper is to introduce a method that has a heuristic nature and that can be applied to identify and address the ethical issues arising from brain-inspired AI. The conclusion resulting from the application of this method is that, compared to traditional AI, brain-inspired AI raises new foundational ethical issues and some new practical ethical issues, and exacerbates some of the issues raised by traditional AI. 001007615 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5231$$a5231 - Neuroscientific Foundations (POF4-523)$$cPOF4-523$$fPOF IV$$x0 001007615 536__ $$0G:(EU-Grant)945539$$aHBP SGA3 - Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 3 (945539)$$c945539$$fH2020-SGA-FETFLAG-HBP-2019$$x1 001007615 536__ $$0G:(EU-Grant)101071178$$aCAVAA - Counterfactual Assessment and Valuation for Awareness Architecture (101071178)$$c101071178$$fHORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01$$x2 001007615 536__ $$0G:(EU-Grant)604102$$aHBP - The Human Brain Project (604102)$$c604102$$fFP7-ICT-2013-FET-F$$x3 001007615 536__ $$0G:(EU-Grant)720270$$aHBP SGA1 - Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 1 (720270)$$c720270$$fH2020-Adhoc-2014-20$$x4 001007615 536__ $$0G:(EU-Grant)785907$$aHBP SGA2 - Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 2 (785907)$$c785907$$fH2020-SGA-FETFLAG-HBP-2017$$x5 001007615 588__ $$aDataset connected to DataCite 001007615 650_7 $$2Other$$aArtificial Intelligence (cs.AI) 001007615 650_7 $$2Other$$aNeurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC) 001007615 650_7 $$2Other$$aFOS: Computer and information sciences 001007615 650_7 $$2Other$$aFOS: Biological sciences 001007615 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aBaldassarre, Gianluca$$b1 001007615 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aCartoni, Emilio$$b2 001007615 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aLeach, Antonia$$b3 001007615 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aPetrovici, Mihai A.$$b4 001007615 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aRosemann, Achim$$b5 001007615 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aSalles, Arleen$$b6 001007615 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aStahl, Bernd$$b7 001007615 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)138512$$avan Albada, Sacha$$b8 001007615 773__ $$a10.48550/arXiv.2305.10938 001007615 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1007615/files/2305.10938.pdf$$yOpenAccess 001007615 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:1007615$$pdnbdelivery$$pec_fundedresources$$pVDB$$pdriver$$popen_access$$popenaire 001007615 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 001007615 915__ $$0LIC:(DE-HGF)CCBYNCND4$$2HGFVOC$$aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 001007615 9141_ $$y2023 001007615 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)138512$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b8$$kFZJ 001007615 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-523$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-520$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-500$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$9G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5231$$aDE-HGF$$bKey Technologies$$lNatural, Artificial and Cognitive Information Processing$$vNeuromorphic Computing and Network Dynamics$$x0 001007615 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)INM-6-20090406$$kINM-6$$lComputational and Systems Neuroscience$$x0 001007615 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-6-20130828$$kIAS-6$$lTheoretical Neuroscience$$x1 001007615 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)INM-10-20170113$$kINM-10$$lJara-Institut Brain structure-function relationships$$x2 001007615 9801_ $$aFullTexts 001007615 980__ $$apreprint 001007615 980__ $$aVDB 001007615 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 001007615 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)INM-6-20090406 001007615 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IAS-6-20130828 001007615 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)INM-10-20170113 001007615 981__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IAS-6-20130828