Buddhism and Artificial Intelligence: An Ethical Approach

Abstract

This study has shown that AI will have a huge impact on mankind. The questions are: “Is society ready to cope?”, “How will society treat AI?”, “How do humans want AI to treat them?”, “What are the impacts to mankind?”, “What is the framework for AI governance?” and “Can Buddhism ethics be used for AI governance criteria as AI Ethics?” This study found that: First, no matter how ready society is to cope with AI, we already live in the age of AI.  Second, society is welcoming AI because of its multifaceted capabilities, and believing that AI will be useful in helping humans in many ways professionally without possibly doing any harm. Third, there are evidence indicating that AI was abused by the wrong doers and caused confusion and many troubles to all stakeholders. Fourth, AI made a huge impact on humans’ jobs, economy, social media, society and ways of human life. Finally, it was also found that AI governance within the framework of AI ethics has become necessary and urgent for humans’ safety. This article suggests that Buddhism ethics should be the core of AI ethics governance achieving for two goals: technical excellence and integrity excellence of AI ethics.