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@MISC{Eichmann94ethicalweb,
author = {David Eichmann},
title = {Ethical Web Agents},
year = {1994}
}
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Abstract
As the Web continues to evolve, the sophistication of the programs that are employed in interacting with it will also increase in sophistication. Web agents, programs acting autonomously on some task, are already present in the form of spiders. Agents offer substantial benefits and hazards, and because of this, their development must involve not only attention to technical details, but also the ethical concerns relating to their resulting impact. These ethical concerns will differ for agents employed in the creation of a service and agents acting on behalf of a specific individual. An ethic is proposed that addresses both of these perspectives. The proposal is predicated on the assumption that agents are a reality on the Web, and that there are no reasonable means of preventing their proliferation. 1 -- Introduction The ease of construction and potential Internet-wide impact of autonomous software agents on the World Wide Web [1] has spawned a great deal of discussion and occasional c...
