Case: “Emotion Recognition & Smart Cities” by Irina Raicu (2022)
A large U.S. city that prides itself on its uptake of innovative technologies has deployed “smart” light posts with cameras at various locations within its boundaries.
Representatives of a technology company contact city leaders and propose that they be granted access to video recordings captured by those cameras, in order to use emotion- recognition AI and generate reports that would give city administrators an ongoing real- time understanding of their constituents’ sentiments. The underlying footage would not be shared with other entities, and city leaders would be presente
(1) Select an ethical perspective/theory (utilitarian ethics, duty ethics, virtue ethics, justice ethics, care ethics) to use to discuss the usefulness & appropriateness of the “smart” light posts. Make sure you define the ethical theory you use & demonstrate the usefulness or appropriateness of the “smart” light posts using the principles of the ethical theory you selected.
(2) Select an ethical perspective/theory (utilitarian ethics, duty ethics, virtue ethics, justice ethics, care ethics) to use to discuss the usefulness & appropriateness of the emotion-recognition AI. Make sure you define the ethical theory you use & demonstrate the appropriateness of emotion-recognition AI using the principles of the ethical theory you selected.
(3) How could the proposed use of “smart” light posts with cameras & emotion-recognition AI in this case be damaging to someone or to some group, or unevenly beneficial to people? What ethical theory would have issues with how these
