This article introduces readers to the special issue on Selected Issues in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. In this paper, I make a case for a wider outlook on the ethics of AI. So far, much of the engagements with the subject have come from Euro-American scholars with obvious influences from Western epistemic traditions. I demonstrate that socio-cultural features influence our conceptions of ethics and in this case the ethics of AI. The goal of this special issue is to entertain more diverse views, particularly those from Africa; it brings together six articles addressing pertinent issues in the ethics of AI. These articles address topics around artificial moral agency, patiency, personhood, social robotics, and the principle of explicability. These works offer unique contributions for and from an African perspective. I contend that a wider engagement with the ethics of AI is worthwhile as we anticipate a global deployment of artificial intelligence systems.

本文向读者介绍有关《人工智能伦理学精选问题》的特刊。在本文中，我提出了关于AI伦理学的更广阔视野的理由。到目前为止，与该主题的许多接触都来自欧美学者，并受到西方认知传统的明显影响。我证明了社会文化特征会影响我们的道德观念，在这种情况下会影响AI的道德观念。本期特刊的目的是引起人们更多的看法，特别是来自非洲的看法。它汇集了六篇文章，探讨了AI伦理学中的相关问题。这些文章围绕人工道德代理，耐心，人格，社交机器人学和可解释性原则等主题进行讨论。这些作品为非洲提供了独特的贡献。