The Impact of Ethical Issues on Public Understanding of Artificial Intelligence

Yerin Kim, Jang Hyun Kim

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Abstract

The suspension of the chatbot service “Luda” has raised numerous questions for South Korean society on ethical issues in dealing with artificial intelligence (AI). While the primary reason for suspension was the chatbot’s hate speech against the LGBT community, the chatbot itself was also a target for sexual harassment from manipulative users. Moreover, the service provider “Scatter Lab” had to go through an investigation for possible violations of the Personal Information Protection Act. The aim of this research is to systematically examine the public’s expectations and concerns over AI and to retrieve implications from the perspective of human – AI interaction. Using big data analysis incorporated with natural language processing, the research analyzed news and comments related to Luda and found that the main concern of the public on data was regarding its collection process and content. Based on a qualitative analysis of the literature, the main source of such concerns was enhanced AI literacy which was also induced by the complex ethical issues related to Luda.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHCI International 2021 - Posters - 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings
EditorsConstantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages500-507
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783030786410
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 24 Jul 202129 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1420
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period24/07/2129/07/21

Keywords

  • AI ethics
  • AI literacy
  • Artificial intelligence

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