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New dataset explores moral valence in AI ethics research

Researchers have proposed a new dataset for annotating moral valence in natural language, aiming to better align AI with human ethics by incorporating affective considerations. The dataset, comprising 500 annotations across action/judgement and consequence valence, was derived from text-presented scenarios within the Commonsense Norm Bank. Preliminary results show significant relationships between these valence features and moral classification, with a noteworthy Matthew's correlation coefficient of 0.764 achieved for binary classification using regularised logistic regression. This work suggests that incorporating valenced consequences could lead to more human-morally aligned AI. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to AI systems that better understand and align with human moral reasoning by incorporating affective elements.

RANK_REASON The item is an academic paper proposing a new dataset and methodology for AI ethics research. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New dataset explores moral valence in AI ethics research

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Jonny O'Dwyer, Malika Bendechache, Louise McCormack, Elif Calik, Ramin Ranjbarzadeh, Dost Muhammad, Shokofeh Anari Bozcheloei, Ishita Singh ·

    Can Valence Reflect Morality in Natural Language? A Preliminary Annotation Study

    arXiv:2607.20461v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Present implementations of artificial intelligence (AI) ethics do not adequately take feelings, or affect, into account. If AI should be aligned with human ethics, it seems reasonable to thoroughly investigate the possibility of A…