ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY

The general objective was to evaluate the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence (AI), considering its implications for society and the economy. The study had a qualitative approach, of a documentary type and bibliographic design. An exhaustive search of the bibliography related to the subject was carried out through different databases, including Google Scholar and Scopus. The keywords "artificial intelligence", "challenges" and "ethics", as well as associated terms were used to identify the most relevant studies. The bibliography was chosen based on the relevance of the title and the analysis of the article abstract. Then their analysis was carried out, where it was found that the most relevant ethical challenges of AI are: responsibility, decision-making and accountability; biases and equity; privacy and data protection; employment and automation; transparency and explainability and impact on human autonomy On the other hand, the implications on society and the economy boil down to socioeconomic inequality, changes in the workforce, technological dependency, changes in professional ethics, legal and regulatory challenges, loss of human control.