Ethics in Online AI-Based Systems

Santi Caballé is a full professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) based in Barcelona, Spain. He holds a PhD, Master's, and Bachelor’s in computing engineering from the UOC where he teaches on-line courses on software engineering and conducts research activity on the interdisciplinary field of learning engineering by combining e-learning, artificial intelligence, software engineering and distributed computing. He has over 250 peer-reviewed publications, including 15 books, 60 papers in indexed journals, and 150 conference papers. Professor Caballé has led and participated in over 30 national and international research projects and has been involved in the organization of many international research events. He also serves as editor for books and special issues of leading international journals. Joan Casas-Roma is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, where he works on AI and ethics in the context of online education. He received his PhD in Knowledge and Information Society from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya on the areas of formal logic and philosophy of mind. He is also a lecturer at Falmouth University (UK), teaching and leading different modules on design, theory, and computing for digital games. His research interests concern the areas of AI ethics and ethics of technology, as well as different topics in ethics and moral philosophy and philosophy of AI. He has published several papers in international conferences and journals, participated in national research projects in collaboration with other universities, and has participated in the organization and chairing of various conferences. Jordi Conesa is an associate professor of computer science at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. He received his PhD in software engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia, after a research stay in Georgia State University of Atlanta (US). His research interest concerns the areas of conceptual modelling, ontologies, semantic web, knowledge-based systems, and e-learning. His long-term goal is to develop methodologies and tools to use ontologies effectively in several application domains, such as conceptual modelling, software engineering, and e-learning. He has authored more than 60 research papers, has participated in several research projects, including EU-FP7, CICYT and AVANZA funded projects, and has contributed in the organization of international conferences and has been program chair and program committee member of several international conferences. Finally, he also serves as external reviewer for many conferences and journals.

PART I: Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Applications for Education 1. Adverse effects of intelligent support in CSCL - The Ethics of Conversational Agents 2. Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Multimodal Learning Analytics: A Guiding Framework 3. Ethics in Online AI-Based Assessment Systems 4. Ethical aspects regarding automatic emotion recognition used in online learning environments 5. Data-Driven Educational Decision-Making Model to Curriculum Optimization PART II: Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Services and Systems 6. The Ethical Issues Raised By The Use Of AI Products For The Disabled: An Analysis By Two Disabled People 7. The Implications of Ethical Perspectives in AI and Autonomous Systems 8. The ethics of online AI-driven agricultural and food systems 9. AI and grief. A prospective study on the ethical and psychological implications of deathbots PART III: Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence Models and Experiences 10. On pitfalls (and advantages) of sophisticated Large Language Models 11. Perspectives on the Ethics of a VR- based Empathy Experience for Educators 12. Assessing and Implementing Trustworthy AI Across Multiple Dimensions 13. Artificial Intelligence and Basic Human Needs: The Shadow Aspects of Emerging Technology 14. Beyond Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics: Exploring Empathetic Ethical Outcomes for AI PART IV: Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Social and Political Involvement 15. Who Decides What Online and Beyond: Freedom of Choice in Predictive Machine-Learning Algorithms 16. The hard problem of the androcentric context of AI: Challenges for EU policy agendas 17. Curse of the Cyborg Mammoths: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Manipulating and Mobilizing Human Emotions 18. On Deterring Hate Speech, Whilst Maximising Security and Privacy