Making artificial intelligence socially just:why the current focus on ethics is not enough

We are in the midst of an unprecedented surge of investment into artificial intelligence (AI) research and applications. Within that, discussions about 'ethics' are taking centre stage to offset some of the potentially negative impacts of AI on society. Mona Sloane writes that to achieve a sustainable shift towards such fields, we need a more holistic approach to the relationship between technology, data, and society.