Abstract

This study analyzes various ethical issues and the need for ethical guidelines in the context of the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and growing concerns about the potential risks and ethical regulations of AI. With the advent of generative AI, concerns about the intellectual capabilities of AI have increased; this study examines the manner in which this differs from the abilities of machines in a digital society. This analysis suggests that the AI era extends beyond the digital age and presents new aspects of AI citizenship, AI literacy, and AI ethics. This explains the significance of ethical common sense in the context of AIʼs role as a new producer of knowledge, drawing on Delphic ethical common sense for inference. This study focuses on the tendency of knowledge production by AI to be based on inductive reasoning and attempts to address the problems arising from the ability to question and judge. It analyzes the ethical validation of the vast knowledge and information generated by generative AI and discusses the external ethical issues (such as energy waste and environmental pollution) associated with generative AI, highlighting the potential ethical problems that can arise from AI. As various types of AI are being used and developed, even greater ethical issues may exist that have not been previously considered or that surpass our current understanding. Therefore, research on the ethical deliberation and consensus regarding the ethical issues of AI is necessary.