The 2019 Yearbook of the Digital Ethics Lab

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction to the 2019 Yearbook of the Digital Ethics Lab

   • Christopher Burr, Silvia Milano

   Pages 1-10

3. Generative Metaphors in Cybersecurity Governance

   • Julia Slupska, Mariarosaria Taddeo

   Pages 11-30

4. Norms and Strategies for Stability in Cyberspace

   • Mariarosaria Taddeo

   Pages 31-44

5. The Rhetoric and Reality of Anthropomorphism in Artificial Intelligence

   • David Watson

   Pages 45-65

6. Empowerment or Engagement? Digital Health Technologies for Mental Healthcare

   • Christopher Burr, Jessica Morley

   Pages 67-88

7. Towards the Ethical Publication of Country of Origin Information (COI) in the Asylum Process

   • Nikita Aggarwal, Luciano Floridi

   Pages 89-99

8. Deciding How to Decide: Six Key Questions for Reducing AI’s Democratic Deficit

   • Josh Cowls

   Pages 101-116

9. Prayer-Bots and Religious Worship on Twitter: A Call for a Wider Research Agenda

   • Carl Öhman, Robert Gorwa, Luciano Floridi

   Pages 117-125

10. What the Near Future of Artificial Intelligence Could Be

    • Luciano Floridi

    Pages 127-142

11. Back Matter

    Pages 143-144

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This edited volume presents an overview of cutting-edge research areas within digital ethics as defined by the Digital Ethics Lab of the University of Oxford. It identifies new challenges and opportunities of influence in setting the research agenda in the field.

The yearbook presents research on the following topics: conceptual metaphor theory, cybersecurity governance, cyber conflicts, anthropomorphism in AI, digital technologies for mental healthcare, data ethics in the asylum process, AI’s legitimacy and democratic deficit, digital afterlife industry, automatic prayer bots, foresight analysis and the future of AI.  This volume appeals to students, researchers and professionals. 

• Digital Ethics Lab Oxford
• State Cyberspace
• Digital Afterlife Industry
• Risk Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity Europe
• Governance Cyberspace
• Risk A.I.
• meaning explainable A.I.
• meaning explainable Artificial Intelligence
• A.I. Good Society
• Artificial Intelligence Good Society
• Autonomous Computing System
• Risk A.I.
• Risk Artificial Intelligence
• e-nvironment
• Ethical A.I.
• Ethical Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity EU

• Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

  Christopher Burr, Silvia Milano

Christopher Burr is a philosopher of cognitive science. His research explores how digital ​technologies have reshaped our understanding of well-being and the new opportunities and risks that these technologies pose for human flourishing.

Silvia Milano is a postdoctoral researcher at the Digital Ethics Lab. Her research focuses on the ethics of AI and the nature of risk and uncertainty.

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