Value-Sensitive Design for AI Technologies: Proposition of Basic Research Principles Based on Social Robotics Research

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as social robots, increasingly influence economic and social life, with both opportunities and risks. The added value of such technologies depends enormously on how they are designed. In this conceptual paper, we report on our research experience and call for developing AI technologies including human values relevant to the particular stakeholder groups of such technologies as suggested by value-sensitive design (VSD) – an established design approach. To facilitate the application of VSD for designing AI technologies, we propose three basic research principles for VSD and call for more research particularly covering the design of AI technologies, such as social robots and beyond.