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22Digital sovereignty and smart wearables: Three moral calculi for the distribution of legitimate control over the digitalJournal of Responsible Technology 12 (C): 100053. 2022.
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31Autonomous Military Systems: collective responsibility and distributed burdensEthics and Information Technology 25 (1): 1-14. 2023.The introduction of Autonomous Military Systems (AMS) onto contemporary battlefields raises concerns that they will bring with them the possibility of a techno-responsibility gap, leaving insecurity about how to attribute responsibility in scenarios involving these systems. In this work I approach this problem in the domain of applied ethics with foundational conceptual work on autonomy and responsibility. I argue that concerns over the use of AMS can be assuaged by recognising the richly interr…Read more
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507Towards a convincing account of intentionDissertation, University of Stellenbosch. 2014.Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014
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40Socially responsive technologies: toward a co-developmental pathAI and Society 35 (4): 885-893. 2020.Robotic and artificially intelligent (AI) systems are becoming prevalent in our day-to-day lives. As human interaction is increasingly replaced by human–computer and human–robot interaction (HCI and HRI), we occasionally speak and act as though we are blaming or praising various technological devices. While such responses may arise naturally, they are still unusual. Indeed, for some authors, it is the programmers or users—and not the system itself—that we properly hold responsible in these cases…Read more
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11There is a conceptual knot at the intersection of moral responsibility and action theory. This knot can be expressed as the following question: What is the relationship between an agent’s openness to moral responsibility and the intentional status of her behaviour? My answer to this question is developed in three steps. I first develop a control-backed account of intentional agency, one that borrows vital insights from the cognitive sciences – in the form of Dual Process Theory – in understandin…Read more
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39Introduction to the Topical Collection on AI and ResponsibilityPhilosophy and Technology 35 (4): 1-6. 2022.
Niël Conradie
RWTH Aachen University
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RWTH Aachen UniversityPostdoctoral Researcher