Works (20)
Updated: October 31st, 2024 00:30
2023 article
Embedding AI in society: ethics, policy, governance, and impacts
Pflanzer, M., Dubljevic, V., Bauer, W. A. A., Orcutt, D., List, G., & Singh, M. P. P. (2023, June 24). AI & SOCIETY, Vol. 6.
TL;DR:
This Special Issue on Embedding AI in Society encapsulates findings of a multidisciplinary symposium that sought a deeper and more holistic understanding of how AI does and should shape societal activity.
(via Semantic Scholar)
open access via link.springer.com (publisher PDF)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 31, 2023
2022 chapter book
Autonomous Vehicles and the Basic Structure of Society
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 27, 2023
2022 monograph
Causal Powers and the Intentionality Continuum
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 27, 2023
2022 journal article
Moral and social ramifications of autonomous vehicles: a qualitative study of the perceptions of professional drivers
Behaviour & Information Technology, 42(9), 1–8.
author keywords: Autonomous vehicles; interviews; drivers; artificial intelligence; socioeconomic justice
TL;DR:
It is found that although drivers agree that AVs will significantly impact future transportation systems, they are apprehensive about the prospects of reskilling for other jobs and want their employers to be straightforward in how the introduction ofAVs will affect them.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: May 15, 2022
2021 journal article
Toward a rational and ethical sociotechnical system of autonomous vehicles: A novel application of multi-criteria decision analysis
PLOS ONE, 16(8), e0256224.
Ed(s): Q. Yuan
MeSH headings : Accidents, Traffic / prevention & control; Attitude; Automation / ethics; Automation / legislation & jurisprudence; Automobile Driving / psychology; Autonomous Vehicles / ethics; Autonomous Vehicles / legislation & jurisprudence; Decision Support Techniques; Humans; Models, Statistical; Morals; Ownership / economics; Surveys and Questionnaires
TL;DR:
The results suggest that two of these scenarios, namely regulated privately-owned introduction or fleet ownership or autonomous vehicles would be less likely to cause harm than either the status quo or the unfettered options.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 14, 2021
2020 journal article
Expanding Nallur's Landscape of Machine Implemented Ethics
Science and Engineering Ethics, 26(5), 2401–2410.
MeSH headings : Ethics, Research; Humans
TL;DR:
This commentary will first critically summarize the main themes and conclusions of Nallur’s essay and then expand upon the landscape that Nallur presents by suggesting additional approaches to machine ethics.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 27, 2020
2020 article
Expanding Nallur's Landscape of Machine Implemented Ethics (Jul, 10.1007/s11948-020-00237-x, 2020)
Bauer, W. A. (2020, October). SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS, Vol. 26, pp. 2411–2411.
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: October 19, 2020
2019 journal article
AI Assistants and the Paradox of Internal Automaticity
Neuroethics, 13(3), 303–310.
author keywords: AI assistants; AI ethics; Autonomy; Internal automaticity; External automaticity; Cognition
TL;DR:
It is argued that there are reasons why the authors should accept a large degree of internal automaticity, that it is actually essential to their sense of autonomy, and as such it is ethically good; however, the same does not go for external automaticity.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: November 18, 2019
2018 journal article
Getting It Together: Psychological Unity and Deflationary Accounts of Animal Metacognition
Acta Analytica, 33(4), 431–451.
Contributors: G. Comstock n & n
author keywords: Metacognition; Psychological unity; Animal minds; Brainets; Moral standing of animals; Uncertainty test
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: December 3, 2018
2018 journal article
Powers and the Pantheistic Problem of Unity
Sophia, 58(4), 563–580.
author keywords: Dispositions; Holism; Intentionality; Panpsychism; Pantheism; Powers; Unity
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 2, 2020
2018 journal article
Virtuous vs. utilitarian artificial moral agents
AI & SOCIETY, 35(1), 263–271.
author keywords: Machine ethics; Artificial moral agent; Machine learning; Virtue theory; Two-level utilitarianism
TL;DR:
This paper argues that a rule-based utilitarian approach (in contrast to a strict act utilitarian approach) is superior, because it can capture the most important features of the virtue-theoretic approach while realizing additional significant benefits of machine ethics.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: April 20, 2020
2017 journal article
Against Branching Identity
Philosophia, 45(4), 1709–1719.
author keywords: Branchingidentity; Non-branchingaxiom; Personal identity; Consciousness; Mind uploading; Relation R
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
10. Reduced Inequalities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Physical Intentionality, Extrinsicness, and the Direction of Causation
Acta Analytica, 31(4), 397–417.
author keywords: Intentionality; Physical intentionality; Dispositions; Extrinsicness; Grounding; Direction of causation
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 weblog post
Why Science Needs Philosophy
Bauer, W. (2015, May 17). [Website]. https://lifeasahuman.com/2015/mind-spirit/philosophy/why-science-needs-philosophy/
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: May 22, 2023
2014 weblog post
Scientific Reasoning Can Be Circular
Bauer, W. (2014, January). [Website]. http://thereasoner.org/
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: May 22, 2023
2013 journal article
Dispositional Essentialism and the Nature of Powerful Properties
Disputatio, 5(35), 1–19.
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 22, 2023
2013 chapter
Four Theories of Pure Dispositions
In Properties, Powers and Structures (pp. 149–172).
Ed(s): A. Bird, B. Ellis & H. Sankey
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: April 21, 2023
2013 book review
Review of the The Triple Helix: The Soul of Bioethics by Lisa Bellantoni
[Website, The Triple Helix: The Soul of Bioethics, by L. Bellantoni]. Metapsychology Online Reviews, 17(20). https://metapsychology.net/index.php/book-review/the-triple-helix/
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: May 22, 2023
2011 journal article
An Argument for the Extrinsic Grounding of Mass
Erkenntnis, 74(1), 81–99.
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 weblog post
Attributing Knowledge of the Virtues of Contextualism
Bauer, W. (2008, August). [Website]. Retrieved from The Reasoner website: thereasoner.org
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: May 22, 2023
Employment
Updated: July 15th, 2021 14:45
2010 - present
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Associate Teaching Professor
Philosophy & Religious Studies
Education
Updated: April 20th, 2017 14:36
2005 - 2010
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE, US
Ph.D.
Philosophy
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