---
id: "aiethics:lecture/ethical-ambiguities"
type: "AI Ethics course lecture"
title: "Ethical Ambiguities of our Emergent Digital World"
url: "https://aiethicscourse.org/lectures/ethical-ambiguities"
authors: ["Piet Naudé"]
summary: "In this module, Naudé approaches the question of ethical AI from a more philosophical standpoint."
source: "AI Ethics: Global Perspectives (aiethicscourse.org)"
licence: "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)"
---

# Ethical Ambiguities of our Emergent Digital World

A lecture of the course [AI Ethics: Global Perspectives](https://aiethicscourse.org/).

## Lecturer

- Piet Naudé, Professor of Ethics, University of Stellenbosch Business School

## About this lecture

In this module, Naudé approaches the question of ethical AI from a more philosophical standpoint. He puts forth three broad ethical questions: Does technology increase inequality? Does technology decrease human autonomy? Does technology provide a sense-making narrative? Through the use of major philosophical teachings from the likes of Kant, Descartes and Feuerbach, as well as application-based cases, Naudé walks the audience through each question and presents his findings.

## Video and transcript

- Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKiZZqbYcss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKiZZqbYcss)
- Transcript (PDF): [https://aiethicscourse.org/img/ee3d9fa8-d26f-40c5-ad03-0fcfc590628c.pdf](https://aiethicscourse.org/img/ee3d9fa8-d26f-40c5-ad03-0fcfc590628c.pdf)

## Read, watch, and listen

- [Contemporary Management Education: Eight questions that will shape its future in the 21st century – Chapter 6](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-87775-0_6), Naudé P. (2022) Technology: What Are we Embracing?. In: Contemporary Management Education. Future of Business and Finance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87775-0_6