Janssens, Liisavan Lier, Ben2020-02-182020-02-182016https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/14323The rapid development of artificial intelligence, the huge volume of data available in ‘the cloud’, and machines and software’s increasing capacity for learning have prompted an ever more widespread debate on the social consequences of these developments. Autonomous cars or the application of autonomous weapon systems that run based on self-learning software are deemed capable of making life-and-death decisions, leading to questions about whether we as human beings will be able to control this kind of intelligent and interconnected machines. It is still unclear which basic features could be exploited in shaping an autonomous moral status for these intelligent systems. For learning and intelligent machines to develop ethical cognition, feedback loops would have to be inserted between the autonomous and intelligent systems.engCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 GenerictechnologySoftwareartificial intelligenceInformationethics00470010.25969/mediarep/134019789462984493https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/13454