Why dignity is a troubling concept for AI ethics.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 40182176.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.patter.2025.101207 and PMC identifier 11963102.
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Abstract
The concept of dignity is proliferating in ethical, legal, and policy discussions of AI, yet dignity is an elusive concept with multiple philosophical interpretations. The authors argue that the unspecific and uncritical employment of the notion of dignity can be counterproductive for AI ethics.