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Journal of Smart Tourism Vol. 1 No. 4 (2021) 9-18
ⓒ 2021 by Smart Tourism Research Center. All rights reserved
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52255/smarttourism.2021.1.4.3
*Corresponding author:
Stanislav Ivanov, Varna University of Management, Varna, Bulgaria
E-mail address: stanislav.ivanov@vumk.eu; info@zangador.institute
Received 18 October 2021; Received in revised form 20 December 2021; Accepted 22 December 2021
Conceptual Article
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotization in Tourism and Hospitality
– A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda
Stanislav Ivanova,b* and Steven Umbrelloc
a Varna University of Management, Varna, Bulgaria
b Zangador Research Institute, Varna, Bulgaria
c Department of Values, Technology, & Innovation, School of Technology, Policy & Management, Technical University Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
Abstract
Keywords
1. Introduction
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2. Literature Review
2.1. AI and Robotics Ethics
AI
and Ethics
Fig. 1.
2.1.1 Privacy and Surveillance
2.1.2 Manipulation of Behavior
2.1.3 The Opacity of AI Systems
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2.1.4 Autonomous Systems
2.1.5 Bias in Decision Systems
2.1.6 Human-Robot Interaction
2.1.7 Automation and Employment
per se
2.1.8 Other: Machine Ethics, Artificial Moral Agents, Singularity
2.2. AI and Robotics Ethics in Tourism and Hospitality
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3. The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotization in
Tourism and Hospitality – A Conceptual Framework
Fig. 2.
3.1. Direct Stakeholders
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Entirely human-delivered services
AI in the back-of-house operations
AI in the front-of-house operations
AI in both backfront-of-house operations
input
output
algorithms
3.1.1 Human Bias in Data Selection
3.1.2 Human Bias in Data Classification
3.1.3 Bias in Outputs
in situ
3.1.4 Technical and Contextual Biases
Robots
human-robot interaction
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privacy and surveillance
to
manipulate their behavior
substitution vs enhancement effect
de facto
usability
accessibility whom
usability
accessibility
Autonomy
accessibility
should
3.2. Indirect Stakeholders
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respect for human autonomy
prevention of harm fairness explicability
Henn na
Hotel
per se
3.3. Macroenvironment
4. Discussion and Conclusion
4.1 Implications
for.
for
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4.2. Future Research Directions
4.2.1 Perceptions Towards the Ethical Issues
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4.2.2 Perception Towards the Solutions to the Ethical Issues
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4.2.3 Stakeholder Collaboration
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4.2.4 Ethical AI and Robotization Outcomes
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4.2.5 Artificial Moral Agents
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Declaration of competing interests
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Author Biographies
Stanislav Ivanov
European Journal of Tourism Research
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Tourism ResearchTourism Management, Technology in Society,
Steven Umbrello