New foundations of ethical multiagent systems blue sky ideas track

Pradeep K. Murukannaiah; Nirav Ajmeri; Catholijn M. Jonker; Munindar P. Singh

New foundations of ethical multiagent systems blue sky ideas track

Pradeep K. Murukannaiah, Nirav Ajmeri, Catholijn M. Jonker, Munindar P. Singh

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Abstract

Ethics is inherently a multiagent concern. However, research on AI ethics today is dominated by work on individual agents: (1) how an autonomous robot or car may harm or (differentially) benefit people in hypothetical situations (the so-called trolley problems) and (2) how a machine learning algorithm may produce biased decisions or recommendations. The societal framework is largely omitted. To develop new foundations for ethics in AI, we adopt a sociotechnical stance in which agents (as technical entities) help autonomous social entities or principals (people and organizations). This multiagent conception of a sociotechnical system (STS) captures how ethical concerns arise in the mutual interactions of multiple stakeholders. These foundations would enable us to realize ethical STSs that incorporate social and technical controls to respect stated ethical postures of the agents in the STSs. The envisioned foundations require new thinking, along two broad themes, on how to realize (1) an STS that reflects its stakeholders' values and (2) individual agents that function effectively in such an STS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2020
Editors	Bo An, Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Gita Sukthankar
Publisher	International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS)
Pages	1706-1710
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450375184
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2020 - Virtual, Auckland, New Zealand Duration: 19 May 2020 → …

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS
Volume	2020-May
ISSN (Print)	1548-8403
ISSN (Electronic)	1558-2914

Conference

Conference	19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2020
Country/Territory	New Zealand
City	Virtual, Auckland
Period	19/05/20 → …

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care
Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

Ethics
Norms
Preferences
Sociotechnical systems
Values

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Murukannaiah, P. K., Ajmeri, N., Jonker, C. M., & Singh, M. P. (2020). New foundations of ethical multiagent systems blue sky ideas track. In B. An, A. El Fallah Seghrouchni, & G. Sukthankar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2020 (pp. 1706-1710). (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS; Vol. 2020-May). International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS).

Murukannaiah, Pradeep K. ; Ajmeri, Nirav ; Jonker, Catholijn M. et al. / New foundations of ethical multiagent systems blue sky ideas track. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2020. editor / Bo An ; Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni ; Gita Sukthankar. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), 2020. pp. 1706-1710 (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS).

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Murukannaiah, PK, Ajmeri, N, Jonker, CM & Singh, MP 2020, New foundations of ethical multiagent systems blue sky ideas track. in B An, A El Fallah Seghrouchni & G Sukthankar (eds), Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2020. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS, vol. 2020-May, International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), pp. 1706-1710, 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2020, Virtual, Auckland, New Zealand, 19/05/20.

New foundations of ethical multiagent systems blue sky ideas track. / Murukannaiah, Pradeep K.; Ajmeri, Nirav; Jonker, Catholijn M. et al.
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Murukannaiah PK, Ajmeri N, Jonker CM, Singh MP. New foundations of ethical multiagent systems blue sky ideas track. In An B, El Fallah Seghrouchni A, Sukthankar G, editors, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2020. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS). 2020. p. 1706-1710. (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS).

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