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AI and Ethics - Topical Collection on Ethical Frameworks for Understanding Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Children and Youth

Aims, Scope and Objective of the Topical Collection

The larger All Tech Is Human community converges around a shared interest in responsible technology, spanning a variety of subfields including ethical AI, online safety, public interest technology, tech policy, accessible and human-centered design, and more. Of particular interest recently, across the larger All Tech Is Human community and overlapping many of these subfields, is the impact of emerging technologies – particularly artificial intelligence – on young people. The All Tech Is Human community seeks to unite in releasing a topical collection centered on the social impacts and ethical issues of artificial intelligence on children and youth (ages 18-24). 

List of Topics

  • Generative AI use in schools in curricula and student assignments 
  • Surveillance tech in secondary schools
  • Ethics in the use of EdTech tools
  • Educational institutions’ use of automated decision-making tools
  • Youth online radicalization via GenAI-fueled deepfakes and synthetic media supercharging the disinformation ecosystem
  • AI-driven content moderation in youth-oriented online spaces (such as social media platforms/gaming/dating apps)
  • GenAI-fueled child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
  • AI in toys (eg. Hello Barbie): LLMs, surveillance & privacy 
  • Social robot usage for children with autism (language learning and social skills) 
  • Use of AI in healthcare diagnostics for children
  • Relational dynamics of children using chatbots and AI assistants in the home

Guest Editors

Rebekah Tweed, Associate Director of All Tech Is Human, rebekah@alltechishuman.org (this opens in a new tab)  
Rose Guingrich, Princeton University, rose.guingrich@princeton.edu (this opens in a new tab)
Rachel Metzgar, Princeton University, rm9561@princeton.edu (this opens in a new tab)

Deadline for manuscript submissions: September 8th, 2023

This topical collection is connected to SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being (this opens in a new tab)

Submission

Submissions should be original papers and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Extended versions of high quality conference papers that are already published at relevant venues may also be considered as long as the additional contribution is substantial (at least 30% of new content).

Authors must follow the formatting and submission instructions of the AI and Ethics journal at https://www.springer.com/journal/43681 (this opens in a new tab).

During the first step in the submission system Editorial Manager, please select “Original Research” as article type. In further steps, please confirm that your submission belongs to a special issue and choose from the drop-down menu the appropriate special issue title (AI Impacts on Children and Youth).

Peer Review Policy

The peer review process of any submission associated with a special issue/topical collection is handled by Guest Editors who are responsible for assigning at least two referees to each article and evaluating the reviews. Guest Editors make recommendations and request and evaluate revisions, but only the Editor-in-Chief can make final decisions of accept or reject on any special issue article. Any articles submitted to a special issue by Guest Editors are also handled confidentially by Associate Editors outside of the normal refereeing process of the special issue to ensure that the evaluation of these articles is completely objective. Conference Proceedings papers are reviewed by the Programme Chairs and Programme Committee members of the respective conference, with help from external reviewers selected by them. The Editor-in-Chief makes final decisions of accept or reject.

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