[Air-L] CFP: Special issue on AI Ethics and Regulation

[Mihály Héder]

Hi and apologies for cross-posting,

CALL FOR PAPERS for a Special Issue:
*AI ethics and regulation: A practitioner's point of view*

Important dates
Article Submission Due *15th  May, 2021 *
Author Notification *25th June, 2021 *
Revised Article Due *31th July, 2021 *
Publication *Q3 2021 *

InfTars is a *Web of Science SSCI* and *Scopus*-indexed journal.

The journal calls for papers requesting constructive criticism of the AI
ethics guidelines landscape. Practitioners in the broad sense – the people
involved in developing such guidelines, regulators and AI developers – are
especially welcome to submit to this issue. Both theoretical and empirical
works are welcome. Some particular topics of interest include:

   - AI ethics guidelines uptake in real-life projects;
   - Connection of the field of Applied Ethics (in moral theory) to AI
   Ethics;
   - “What’s new?” Discussion of the similarities and differences between
   AI ethics guidelines and other recent professional ethics (such as
   nanoethics and bioethics);
   - Methodological concerns of compiling AI ethics guidelines;
   - AI and privacy: real-life challenges;
   - “The devil is in the detail!” Issues with particular details of AI
   ethics guidelines;
   - Challenges of producing and implementing AI ethics guidelines from a
   practitioner’s point of view.

*Conversation starters*

   - Hagendorff, T. “The ethics of AI ethics: An evaluation of guidelines.”
   Minds and Machines 30 (2020): 99-120.
   https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-020-09517-8
   - Héder, M. “A Criticism of AI Ethics Guidelines.” Információs
   Társadalom 20, no 4. (2020) https://doi.org/10.22503/inftars.XX.2020.4.5
   - Zerilli, J., Knott, A., Maclaurin, J. et al. “Transparency in
   Algorithmic and Human Decision-Making: Is There a Double Standard?”
   Philosophy and Technology 32 (2019): 661–683.
   https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-018-0330-6

Cheers
Mihály Héder