Editing Technology (section)

==Ethics==
{{main|Ethics of technology}}
The ''ethics of technology'' is an interdisciplinary subfield of ethics that analyzes technology's ethical implications and explores ways to mitigate potential negative impacts of new technologies. There is a broad range of ethical issues revolving around technology, from specific areas of focus affecting professionals working with technology to broader social, ethical, and legal issues concerning the role of technology in society and everyday life.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hansson |first=Sven Ove |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YeLaDwAAQBAJ&dq=technology+ethics&pg=PR7 |title=The Ethics of Technology: Methods and Approaches |year=2017 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1783486595 |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004184810/https://books.google.com/books?id=YeLaDwAAQBAJ&dq=technology+ethics&pg=PR7 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Prominent debates have surrounded [[genetically modified organism]]s, the use of robotic soldiers, [[algorithmic bias]], and the issue of [[AI alignment|aligning AI]] behavior with human values.<ref name="Al-Rodhan">{{Cite web |last=Al-Rodhan |first=Nayef |title=The Many Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-many-ethical-implications-of-emerging-technologies/ |access-date=13 December 2019 |website=Scientific American  |archive-date=8 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408081948/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-many-ethical-implications-of-emerging-technologies/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Technology ethics encompasses several key fields: [[Bioethics]] looks at ethical issues surrounding biotechnologies and modern medicine, including cloning, human genetic engineering, and stem cell research. [[Computer ethics]] focuses on issues related to computing. [[Cyberethics]] explores internet-related issues like [[Intellectual property|intellectual property rights]], [[Internet privacy|privacy]], and [[Internet censorship|censorship]]. [[Nanoethics]] examines issues surrounding the alteration of matter at the atomic and molecular level in various disciplines including computer science, engineering, and biology. And [[engineering ethics]] deals with the professional standards of engineers, including [[software engineers]] and their moral responsibilities to the public.<ref name="Luppicini, R. 20082">{{cite book |last=Luppicini |first=R. |title=Handbook of Research on Technoethics |publisher=Idea Group Publishing |year=2008 |editor1=Luppicini |location=Hershey |chapter=The emerging field of Technoethics |editor2=R. Adell}}</ref>

A wide branch of technology ethics is concerned with the [[ethics of artificial intelligence]]: it includes [[robot ethics]], which deals with ethical issues involved in the design, construction, use, and treatment of robots,<ref name="Veruggio2002">{{cite journal |author=Veruggio, Gianmarco |year=2011 |title=The Roboethics Roadmap |journal=EURON Roboethics Atelier |publisher=Scuola di Robotica |page=2 |citeseerx=10.1.1.466.2810}}</ref> as well as [[machine ethics]], which is concerned with ensuring the ethical behavior of [[Intelligent agent|artificially intelligent agents]].<ref name="Anderson2011">{{Cite book |title=Machine Ethics |date= 2011 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0521112352 |editor1-last=Anderson |editor1-first=Michael |editor2-last=Anderson |editor2-first=Susan Leigh}}</ref> Within the field of AI ethics, significant yet-unsolved research problems include [[AI alignment]] (ensuring that AI behaviors are aligned with their creators' intended goals and interests) and the reduction of [[algorithmic bias]]. Some researchers have warned against the hypothetical risk of an [[AI takeover]], and have advocated for the use of [[AI capability control]] in addition to AI alignment methods.

Other fields of ethics have had to contend with technology-related issues, including [[military ethics]], [[media ethics]], and [[Philosophy of education|educational ethics]].