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Smart-Glasses: Exposing and Elucidating the Ethical Issues
Bjørn Hofmann1,2, Dušan Haustein3, Laurens Landeweerd4,5
1Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Gjøvik, Norway. b.m.hofmann@medisin.uio.no.
Science and Engineering Ethics
|July 20, 2016
Summary
This study overviews ethical issues of smart-glasses, identifying concerns like privacy, safety, and human agency changes. Addressing these ethical considerations is crucial for responsible smart-glasses development and use.
Area of Science:
- Technology Ethics
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Cognitive Enhancement
Background:
- Emerging smart-glasses technology presents novel ethical challenges.
- Existing literature on human cognitive enhancement and technical aspects of smart-glasses informs the ethical landscape.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a comprehensive overview of ethical issues associated with smart-glasses.
- To guide decision-making and norm formation for this evolving technology.
Main Methods:
- Axiological question-based method for human cognitive enhancement.
- Extensive literature search on smart-glasses and related ethical domains.
- Content analysis of 739 identified references, with 155 included in the final study.
Main Results:
- Identified ethical issues include privacy, safety, justice, human agency, accountability, responsibility, social interaction, power, and ideology.
- Smart-glasses are predicted to significantly alter individual identity, behavior, and social dynamics.
Conclusions:
- Proactive consideration of identified ethical issues is essential during the development, deliberation, decision-making, implementation, and usage phases of smart-glasses.
- Ethical foresight is critical for navigating the societal impact of smart-glasses.
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