Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Key Issues and Modern Ways to Solve Them

Objective: modern achievements in the development and dissemination of digital technologies have attracted the attention of scholars and practitioners to the discussion of key ethical issues related to artificial intelligence and robotics. Hence, this study presents the most relevant of these issues, posing new challenges for legal scholars and practitioners to develop the regulation of artificial intelligence and robotics in terms of technology moralization. Methods: the research used practice- and risk-oriented approaches, complemented by multidisciplinary analysis of documents (European principles and codes of ethics) and studies, including those devoted to various problems of artificial intelligence and robotics. Results: the article identifies key ethical issues in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics. It is established that the key ethical issues involved can be solved if they are legally formalized and implemented at the international level. The algorithm proposed by the author, based on the analysis of the digital technologies application, will allow improving the moral actions of technologies in the process of their decision making. Scientific novelty: the article presents the latest ethical problems that concern scientists and practitioners in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics, and the methods of their solution by ethical and legal means aimed at moralizing technology and increasing its responsibility. Practical significance: all solutions presented in the article have practical significance and are ready for wide implementation at the international level. Their formalization in normative form and subsequent compliance will reduce the harm that artificial intelligence may cause in applied fields, including robotics using artificial intelligence. Regulatory, including legislative, decisions must therefore be taken as soon as possible to ensure that artificial intelligence and robotics become reliable tools for these systems to be used at work, at home, and in other areas such as shopping centers, stores, schools, universities, etc.