Harm to Nonhuman Animals from AI: a Systematic Account and Framework

dc.contributor.authorCoghlan, S.
dc.contributor.authorParker, C.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionPublished online: 6 April 2023
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides a systematic account of how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies could harm nonhuman animals and explains why animal harms, often neglected in AI ethics, should be better recognised. After giving reasons for caring about animals and outlining the nature of animal harm, interests, and wellbeing, the paper develops a comprehensive ‘harms framework’ which draws on scientist David Fraser’s influential mapping of human activities that impact on sentient animals. The harms framework is fleshed out with examples inspired by both scholarly literature and media reports. This systematic account and framework should help inform ethical analyses of AI’s impact on animals and serve as a comprehensive and clear basis for the development and regulation of AI technologies to prevent and mitigate harm to nonhumans.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySimon Coghlan, Christine Parker
dc.identifier.citationPhilosophy and Technology, 2023; 36(2):25-1-25-34
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13347-023-00627-6
dc.identifier.issn2210-5433
dc.identifier.issn2210-5441
dc.identifier.orcidCoghlan, S. [0000-0002-6021-9878]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/148187
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE200100005
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2023. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-023-00627-6
dc.subjectArtificial intelligence; Animal welfare; Nonhuman animal ethics; Precision agriculture; Big data
dc.titleHarm to Nonhuman Animals from AI: a Systematic Account and Framework
dc.typeJournal article
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