SOCIO-LEGAL, MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

Article reveals the essence of social and ethical requirements for the use of information-communication technologies, and Artificial Intelligence in the life of modern individuals, society, and the state is revealed. The analysis of professional literature and normative legal acts, both domestic and foreign, allowed identifying a specific feature of Artificial Intelligence, which is the uniqueness of the source base for Artificial Intelligence use research, in our opinion. In addition to scientific and philosophical works, it must be considered the regulatory documents containing information about the current challenges faced by individuals in the practical use of artificial intelligence systems in various spheres of society, as well as legal norms, moral principles regulating Artificial Intelligence, rules, and requirements already formulated by various social institutions and organizations in response to the challenges of the new digital reality. The authors conclude that ethical regulation of the information-communication technologies, and artificial intelligence use generally comes down to the adoption of framework, declarative documents that outline only general approaches and goals of the interaction between society, its individual social and professional groups, and Artificial Intelligence systems. Ethical principles of the development, implementation, and evolution of artificial intelligence systems, contained in these documents, typically play a role as a kind of warning humanity against potential negative consequences of technology use. However, despite a considerable overlap in the proposed principles, the content of these norms remains largely undisclosed. All the aforementioned confirms the importance and significance of the chosen research goal and indicates the necessity of a social and ethical comprehension of the most current issues in the use of artificial intelligence capabilities.