基于技术底层逻辑的“元宇宙”伦理问题探析

An Analysis of the Ethical Problems of the

摘要:

“元宇宙”作为一种融合互联网、人工智能、区块链、三维数字技术等多项前沿技术的新兴技术形态,引来社会各界的热议,人们对其未来的发展方向褒贬不一。本文通过解构“元宇宙”技术物理层、软件层、数据层、规则层及应用层的层级结构,发现基于每个技术层级使元宇宙具有镜像世界、数字孪生、线上线下等多重特征,这些特征导致了 “真我”与“虚我”混淆、数据泄露及隐私、算法操控及信任与道德等伦理问题,针对这些问题,本文给出了防御伦理风险的相关措施,通过伦理嵌入技术发展的方式健全伦理治理制度。

Abstract:

The "metaverse", as an emerging technology that integrates the Internet, artificial intelligence, blockchain, three-dimensional digital technology and other cutting-edge technologies, has attracted much discussion from all walks of life, and people have mixed feelings about its future development direction. By deconstructing the hierarchical structure of the physical, software, data, rules and application layers of the "metaverse" technology, this paper finds that based on each technology layer, the metaverse has multiple features such as mirror world, digital twin, online and offline, etc. These features lead to the "true self" and "false self". These features lead to ethical issues such as confusion between "true self" and "false self", data leakage and privacy, algorithmic manipulation and trust and morality, In response to these issues, this paper gives measures to defend against the risks and to improve the ethical governance system by embedding ethics in technological developments.