Decision-Making in Autonomous Ariel Vehicles during Critical Missions: A Policy Perspective on Ethical AI

  • Tok, Evren (Principal Investigator)
  • Abegaz, Mohammed Seid (Principal Investigator)
  • Al Fuqaha, Ala (Lead Principal Investigator)
  • Almutlaq, Ahmad Sharida (Technical Advisor)
  • Al-Obaidi, Dr.Sinan (Technical Advisor)
  • Zureid, Hussam (Technical Advisor)

Project: Applied Research

Project Details

Abstract

AI is becoming a major driving force in automation and digital transformation efforts globally. AI helps to solve problems and enables autonomous decisions in different sectors, e.g., unmanned ariel vehicles drone technology and autonomous vehicles. Even though AI is utilized in different industries or sectors, the ethical aspects of AI actions need to be studied with respect to respecting society's values and norms. Ethical AI and machine ethics are becoming a global requirement for enabling AI-based autonomous systems without human operators. As a community, we need to minimize the risk of using AI in autonomous systems through inclusive, fair, and human-centric approaches. Designing human-centric AI for autonomous decision-making in mission critical applications, such as drone rescue operations or challenging autonomous vehicle scenarios, is extremely difficult. Our approach is distinct from previous efforts because we 1) choose autonomous ariel vehicles as an emerging application domain with many interesting critical scenarios and 2) aim to use a humancentric approach to develop the ethical framework to handle the decision-making dilemmas.

Submitting Institute Name

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)
Sponsor's Award NumberHBKU-INT-VPR-TG-02-02
Proposal IDHBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-44
StatusActive
Effective start/end date1/06/2331/05/25

Collaborative partners

Primary Theme

  • Artificial Intelligence

Primary Subtheme

  • AI - Smart Cities

Secondary Theme

  • Artificial Intelligence

Secondary Subtheme

  • AI - Analytics & Decision Support

Keywords

  • None

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