The challenges of modernity: Artificial intelligence. Ethical aspect

The article considers artificial intelligence as an integral part of modern society life, and analyzes further prospects for its development and ways to prevent the adverse impact of artificial intelligence on humanity. The cost of the error, if it occurs in the system, increases every day due to the penetration of artificial intelligence in most areas of human life. The article describes ways to prevent errors in the work of artificial intelligence, using modern technologies. The article also considers possible scenarios of technology development, their analysis results in the conclusion that without observance of ethical principles in the development of artificial intelligence harmonious interaction between people and machines is not possible. Following the results of the Asilomar conference held in January 2017, a number of universal ethical principles were adopted; their implementation can reduce existential risks while preserving the prospect of making the biggest leap forward in the development of mankind.Although the prospect of creating superintelligence seems to be far away, right now the developers all over the world must follow the accepted ethical rules and be responsible for the technologies being created, and training talented programmers — future socially responsible ethical leaders must become a priority in education

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