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Imaginative Value Sensitive Design: Using Moral Imagination Theory to Inform Responsible Technology Design by Umbrello, Steven

“…Safe-by-design (SBD) frameworks for the development of emerging technologies have become an ever more popular means by which scholars argue that transformative…”
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The Intersection of Bernard Lonergan’s Critical Realism, the Common Good, and Artificial Intelligence in Modern Religious Practices by Umbrello, Steven

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) profoundly influences a number of societal structures today, including religious dynamics. Using Bernard Lonergan’s critical…”
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Mauro Carbone and Graziano Lingua, Toward an Anthropology of Screens: Showing and Hiding, Exposing and Protecting reviewed by Steven Umbrello by Umbrello, Steven

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Coupling levels of abstraction in understanding meaningful human control of autonomous weapons: a two-tiered approach by Umbrello, Steven

“…The international debate on the ethics and legality of autonomous weapon systems (AWS), along with the call for a ban, primarily focus on the nebulous concept…”
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Value-Oriented and Ethical Technology Engineering in Industry 5.0: A Human-Centric Perspective for the Design of the Factory of the Future by Longo, Francesco, Padovano, Antonio, Umbrello, Steven

“…Although manufacturing companies are currently situated at a transition point in what has been called Industry 4.0, a new revolutionary wave—Industry 5.0—is…”
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The Role of Engineers in Harmonising Human Values for AI Systems Design by Umbrello, Steven

“…Most engineers work within social structures governing and governed by a set of values that primarily emphasise economic concerns. The majority of innovations…”
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Beneficial Artificial Intelligence Coordination by Means of a Value Sensitive Design Approach by Umbrello, Steven

“…This paper argues that the Value Sensitive Design (VSD) methodology provides a principled approach to embedding common values into AI systems both early and…”
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Editorial for the Special Issue on Meaningful Human Control and Autonomous Weapons Systems by Umbrello, Steven

“…Global discussions on the legality and ethics of using Artificial intelligence (AI) technology in warfare, particularly the use of autonomous weapons (AWS),…”
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The Ecological Turn in Design: Adopting a Posthumanist Ethics to Inform Value Sensitive Design by Umbrello, Steven

“…Design for Values (DfV) philosophies are a series of design approaches that aim to incorporate human values into the early phases of technological design to…”
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Designing AI for Explainability and Verifiability: A Value Sensitive Design Approach to Avoid Artificial Stupidity in Autonomous Vehicles by Umbrello, Steven, Yampolskiy, Roman V.

“…One of the primary, if not most critical, difficulties in the design and implementation of autonomous systems is the black-boxed nature of the decision-making…”
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Responsible nudging for social good: new healthcare skills for AI-driven digital personal assistants by Capasso, Marianna, Umbrello, Steven

“…Traditional medical practices and relationships are changing given the widespread adoption of AI-driven technologies across the various domains of health and…”
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Explorative Nanophilosophy as Tecnoscienza. An Italian Perspective on the Role of Speculation in Nanoindustry by Steven Umbrello

“…There are two primary camps in which nanotechnology today can be categorized: normal nanotechnology and speculative nanotechnology. The birth of nanotechnology…”
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Value Sensitive Design to Achieve the UN SDGs with AI: A Case of Elderly Care Robots by Umbrello, Steven, Capasso, Marianna, Balistreri, Maurizio, Pirni, Alberto, Merenda, Federica

“…Healthcare is becoming increasingly automated with the development and deployment of care robots. There are many benefits to care robots but they also pose…”
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Should the colonisation of space be based on reproduction? Critical considerations on the choice of having a child in space by Balistreri, Maurizio, Umbrello, Steven

“…This paper aims to argue for the thesis that it is not a priori morally justified that the first phase of space colonisation is based on sexual reproduction…”
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Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Contextual Nature of Hors de Combat Status by Umbrello, Steven, Wood, Nathan Gabriel

“…Autonomous weapons systems (AWS), sometimes referred to as “killer robots”, are receiving ever more attention, both in public discourse as well as by scholars…”
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Digital humanism as a bottom-up ethics by Serrano, Gemma, Striano, Francesco, Umbrello, Steven

“…In this paper, we explore a new perspective on digital humanism, emphasizing the centrality of multi-stakeholder dialogues and a bottom-up approach to…”
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Editorial: Designing for value change by Umbrello, Steven, Steinert, Steffen, de Wildt, Tristan Emile

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The future of war: could lethal autonomous weapons make conflict more ethical? by Umbrello, Steven, Torres, Phil, De Bellis, Angelo F.

“…Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWs) are robotic weapon systems, primarily of value to the military, that could engage in offensive or defensive actions without…”
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Robot Care Ethics Between Autonomy and Vulnerability: Coupling Principles and Practices in Autonomous Systems for Care by Pirni, Alberto, Balistreri, Maurizio, Capasso, Marianna, Umbrello, Steven, Merenda, Federica

“…Technological developments involving robotics and artificial intelligence devices are being employed evermore in elderly care and the healthcare sector more…”
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Nonconscious Cognitive Suffering: Considering Suffering Risks of Embodied Artificial Intelligence by Umbrello, Steven, Sorgner, Stefan Lorenz

“…Strong arguments have been formulated that the computational limits of disembodied artificial intelligence (AI) will, sooner or later, be a problem that needs…”
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