ETHICS-2025 Session C1 – Panel: Engineering Meets Philosophy: Creating Ethically-Behaving AI Agents

This panel seeks to spread awareness of the need for ethically-behaving AI agents as society continues to adopt AI technologies en masse. Additionally, we intend to increase awareness that progress has been and actively is being made in the field of machine ethics. The panelists will share their own contributions to the field and the contributions of peers. We also seek engagement in this topic. The panel will use the birds-of-a-feather (BOF) discussion format. It is not enough for participants to hear what is going on. We want them to actively participate in the conversation and in the field. Since AI affects society broadly, we believe it is beneficial that more people act as stakeholders in decisions to create, adopt, and regulate AI technologies. Panelists will identify avenues for engagement with their research, with professional organizations, and with governing bodies.