We cannot sit back to AI

Artificial Intelligence and Ethics

According to Professor Meghan Sullivan, "This debate is moving lightning fast, and one of the ways that you lose your seat at the table is by holding back, by being too tentative, by watching and waiting. Your generation cannot afford to do that. None of us can."

Professor Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame and director of the University-wide Ethics Initiative and the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good. She emphasizes the importance of addressing the complex ethical questions surrounding artificial intelligence.

“This debate is moving lightning fast, and one of the ways that you lose your seat at the table is by holding back, by being too tentative, by watching and waiting. Your generation cannot afford to do that. None of us can.”

Professor Sullivan's work focuses on ethics and its impact on living a good life, with a recent emphasis on the ethical questions raised by artificial intelligence.

Author's summary: Professor Sullivan discusses AI ethics.

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The Observer The Observer — 2025-10-29