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"Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that is transforming every aspect of life from finance to transportation, health care and national security. It has already started to revolutionise the way we communicate, conduct research, analyse data and streamline labour processes. However, AI also requires understanding and regulation in order to address issues such as algorithmic bias, ethics, transparency and data access obstacles that will inevitably impact society, governance and the economy. To this end, the member states of the European Union endorsed the Artificial Intelligence Act in February 2024, a legal framework that aims to ensure that AI systems placed on the European market and used in the EU are safe and respect fundamental rights and European values. This is the first such agreement of its kind and may have implications for other countries currently working on similar regulations. This Forum explores some of the ways that AI is changing the status quo, the challenges of regulating this technology and the economic impact of the ongoing transition."

"This article critically examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into work environments, focusing on the ethical implications that arise. It seeks to underscore the need for balancing technological advancements with the protection of human dignity and fairness, exploring how AI's transformative potential can be harmonized with the core tenets of human rights.
The article utilizes a comprehensive literature review to construct a theoretical framework that outlines AI's capabilities and ethical considerations. This framework encompasses the interdisciplinary foundations of AI, including its roots in cognitive psychology, decision theory, and computer engineering. It further delves into the ethical dilemmas presented by AI in the workplace, such as privacy concerns, the risk of bias, issues of accountability, and the broader impact on human rights. This exploration is aimed at understanding the complexities of AI's integration into the labor market and its implications for occupational safety and health.
The findings of the article highlight the dual nature of AI as both a catalyst for efficiency and innovation and a source of ethical challenge. It's important to include a lot of different points of view and include everyone in the process of developing AI to make it more fair and respect human rights. Laws and policies need to keep changing to keep up with AI's progress and protect people legally from possible abuses. Strong moral guidelines and clear AI systems are also needed to protect privacy and reduce bias.
The study's originality and value emphasize the need for AI ethical discussions in human rights contexts, contribute to technology governance and human rights discussions, and discuss theoretical debates on human dignity, fairness, and privacy in the face of technological advancement."

"Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing every facet of business and life, thanks to the accelerated development of generative AI, which has made the technology widely accessible. For social innovators, the ethical adoption of AI in their business models and/or to streamline their operations represents a unique opportunity to maximize their impact. The social economy represents 7% of global GDP, and generative AI could add between $182 billion and $308 billion in value annually to the sector. How can social innovators better understand, access and deploy this technology?"

"Climate change poses an existential threat to the world's ecosystems and to human societies. In order to slow and eventually halt global warming, governments, firms, and civil society must enact radical structural change in order to minimize greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use. Cynicism, pessimism, and defeatism are currently prevalent, however, and threaten to undermine the cooperative spirit needed to achieve a low carbon economy. ..."

"A commitment by some UK lawyers not to work on fossil fuel schemes has sparked an ethical debate within the profession. While some see the pledge as problematic, however, it could be taken up by peers overseas.
A pledge by lawyers not to work on coal, oil or gas projects because of their climate change impacts has reverberated around the UK and beyond. Since the pledge publication on 29th March 2023, more than 170 lawyers have committed to refuse work supporting new fossil fuel projects or that takes action against climate protestors exercising their right to peaceful protest. Prominent UK signatories to the ‘Declaration of Conscience' include Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, chair of the British Institute of Human Rights, and Farhana Yamin, one of the architects of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change..."

"Generative AI has the potential to transform industries and society, but responsible design and collaboration among stakeholders are crucial.

The "Responsible AI Leadership: A Global Summit on Generative AI" was held in April 2023 to guide experts and policymakers in developing and governing generative AI systems responsibly. Over 100 thought leaders and practitioners participated, discussing key recommendations for responsible development, open innovation, and social progress. These 30 action-oriented recommendations aim to navigate AI complexities and harness its potential ethically. By implementing them, we can shape a more innovative, equitable, and prosperous future while mitigating risks."

"Climate change is a global phenomenon. Therefore, globalization is the necessary hermeneutical horizon to develop an analysis of the metamorphosis climate change could cause at a political, social, and economic level. Within this horizon, this Article shows how the relationship between the concept of the Anthropocene epoch and the request for justice allows for framing a climate-justice and intergenerational equity–focused political interpretation of the effects of climate change. In order to avoid reducing such an interpretation to merely an ideological critique of capitalism, the conception of climate justice needs to be grounded in a rational, ethical model. This Article proposes that the ethics of responsibility, inspired by Hans Jonas's well-known philosophy, could work as a promising rational foundation for climate justice. The ethics of responsibility also align with the principles established by the study and analysis of the relationships between science, technology, and society."

"Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly becomes an indispensable advisor. New ethical concerns arise if AI persuades people to behave dishonestly. In an experiment, we study how AI advice (generated by a Natural-Language-processing algorithm) affects (dis)honesty, compare it to equivalent human advice, and test whether transparency about advice source matters. We find that dishonesty-promoting advice increases dishonesty, whereas honesty-promoting advice does not increase honesty. This is the case for both AI and human advice. Algorithmic transparency, a commonly proposed policy to mitigate AI risks, does not affect behaviour. The findings mark the first steps towards managing AI advice responsibly."

"Climate change is often seen as an issue of intertemporal consumption trade-off: consume all you want today and face future climate damages, or sacrifice consumption today to implement costly climate policies and avoid future climate damages. When assuming enduring technological progress, a controversial conclusion ensues: to reduce intergenerational inequalities, we should postpone climate policies and let future, richer generations pay. However, the trade-off is more complex: abrupt, extreme, irreversible changes to the climate may cause discontinuities to socio-economic systems, possibly leading to a decline of human population and consumption per capita. The most relevant trade-off would then be between present consumption and the size of future generations. We show that when accounting for a very small risk of catastrophic climate change, stringent climate policies that postpone the catastrophe are optimal. Our results conform with the well-known conclusion that tight carbon budgets are preferred when intergenerational inequality aversion is low. However, by contrast with previous studies, we show that stringent policies are also optimal when inequality aversion is high, as it makes the scenario of a small and poor population unattractive. Views from opposite sides of the ethical spectrum in terms of inequ"ality aversion thus converge and warrant immediate climate action.

"Ideal carbon tax policy is internationally coordinated, fully internalizes externalities, redistributes revenues to those harmed, and is politically acceptable, generating predictable market signals. Since nonideal circumstances rarely allow all these conditions to be met, moral issues arise. This paper surveys some of the work in moral philosophy responding to several of these issues. First, it discusses the moral drivers for estimates of the social cost of carbon. Second, it explains how national self-interest can block climate action and suggests international policies—carbon border tax adjustments and carbon clubs—that can help address these concerns. Third, it introduces some of the social science literature about the political acceptability of carbon taxes before addressing a couple common public concerns about carbon taxes. Finally, it introduces four carbon revenue usage options, arguing that redistributive and climate compensation measures are most morally justified."