Authors :
Aahana Jain
Volume/Issue :
Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 6 - June
Google Scholar :
https://tinyurl.com/3wd6yjk6
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25jun1665
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Abstract :
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed industries and redefined global economic and social
landscapes. This paper explores the multifaceted impact of AI systems across key sectors such as healthcare, finance and
retail and the economic implications of AI – including its potential to contribute trillions to the global GDP and its dual role
in creating and displacing jobs. Additionally, this paper critically addresses the core ethical issues emerging from AI
integration such as bias and fairness, transparency and explainability, sustainability, and misuse and weaponization. It also
analyzes ongoing efforts to solve these issues and various case studies in order to highlight the importance of the ethical use
of AI. As AI systems continue to evolve, ensuring that their progress aligns with ethical standards and human values remains
one of the most pressing challenges of our time.
Keywords :
Artificial Intelligence, AI Ethics, Algorithmic Bias, Environmental Impact, Transparency, Data Privacy, Labour Market Impact, AI Policies.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed industries and redefined global economic and social
landscapes. This paper explores the multifaceted impact of AI systems across key sectors such as healthcare, finance and
retail and the economic implications of AI – including its potential to contribute trillions to the global GDP and its dual role
in creating and displacing jobs. Additionally, this paper critically addresses the core ethical issues emerging from AI
integration such as bias and fairness, transparency and explainability, sustainability, and misuse and weaponization. It also
analyzes ongoing efforts to solve these issues and various case studies in order to highlight the importance of the ethical use
of AI. As AI systems continue to evolve, ensuring that their progress aligns with ethical standards and human values remains
one of the most pressing challenges of our time.
Keywords :
Artificial Intelligence, AI Ethics, Algorithmic Bias, Environmental Impact, Transparency, Data Privacy, Labour Market Impact, AI Policies.
