Machine Ethics and AI Regulation: Some Preliminary Thoughts on Regulating Artificial Moral Agents

This blog post will explore the intersection of machine ethics and AI regulation. There is a clear danger that AI regulation might not keep pace with technological progress in AI. The ongoing research and development of agentic AI systems, which can autonomously perform tasks for human agents without the need for human intervention, is of concern since such systems will encounter ethically salient contexts where an ethical decision must be made.