“It's the computer's fault”

Abstract

Typicrdlytool use poses few confusions about who we understand to be the moral agent for a given act.But when the "tool" becomes a computer, do people attribute moral agency and responsibility to the technology ("it's the computer's fault")?Twenty-nine mate undergraduate computer science majors were interviewed.Results showed that most students (83%) attributed aspects of agency -either deckion-making and/or intentions --to computers.In addition, some students (21 %) consistent y held computers morally responsible for error.Discussion includes implications for computers ystem design.

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