Hi and apologies for cross-posting, CALL FOR PAPERS for a Special Issue: *AI ethics and regulation: A practitioner's point of view* Important dates Article Submission Due *15th May, 2021 * Author Notification *25th June, 2021 * Revised Article Due *31th July, 2021 * Publication *Q3 2021 * InfTars is a *Web of Science SSCI* and *Scopus*-indexed journal. The journal calls for papers requesting constructive criticism of the AI ethics guidelines landscape. Practitioners in the broad sense – the people involved in developing such guidelines, regulators and AI developers – are especially welcome to submit to this issue. Both theoretical and empirical works are welcome. Some particular topics of interest include: - AI ethics guidelines uptake in real-life projects; - Connection of the field of Applied Ethics (in moral theory) to AI Ethics; - “What’s new?” Discussion of the similarities and differences between AI ethics guidelines and other recent professional ethics (such as nanoethics and bioethics); - Methodological concerns of compiling AI ethics guidelines; - AI and privacy: real-life challenges; - “The devil is in the detail!” Issues with particular details of AI ethics guidelines; - Challenges of producing and implementing AI ethics guidelines from a practitioner’s point of view. *Conversation starters* - Hagendorff, T. “The ethics of AI ethics: An evaluation of guidelines.” Minds and Machines 30 (2020): 99-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-020-09517-8 - Héder, M. “A Criticism of AI Ethics Guidelines.” Információs Társadalom 20, no 4. (2020) https://doi.org/10.22503/inftars.XX.2020.4.5 - Zerilli, J., Knott, A., Maclaurin, J. et al. “Transparency in Algorithmic and Human Decision-Making: Is There a Double Standard?” Philosophy and Technology 32 (2019): 661–683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-018-0330-6 Cheers Mihály Héder