The Ethics of AI Ethics: An Evaluation of Guidelines -- Thilo Hagendorff

The paper examines whether ethical guidelines influence human decision-making, concluding they do not. The author argues that “creating ethical guidelines does not result in ethical decision-making by humans.” Key limitations include ethics lacking enforcement mechanisms, operating at excessive abstraction from actual practices, and relying on flawed deontological frameworks. The author suggests virtue ethics better serves technology-driven organizations.