WHAT DOES AI ETHICS SAY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF AI FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS?
The UN Secretary-General's report published in May 2023 shows that most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in danger. So, if we continue in the same way, it will be impossible to fulfill the SDGs by 2030. At this point, the question of whether artificial intelligence (AI), which AI Ethics emphasizes should be beneficial to humans, can be the solution comes to mind. However, it seems that AI has the potential both to advance and undermine the implementation of SDGs. So, our first question should be: Can AI genuinely contribute to achieving the SDGs, or does AI make it more difficult to attain SDGs that are already far from realization? [...]