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Interdisciplinary science that uses statistics, algorithms, and other methods to extract meaningful and useful patterns from data sets—sometimes known as “big data.” Today, machine learning is often used in this field. Next to analysis of data, data science is also concerned with the capturing, preparation, and interpretation of data.

A form of machine learning that uses neural networks with several layers of "neurons": simple interconnected processing units that interact.

An approach to technology ethics and a key component of responsible innovation that aims to integrate ethics in the design and development stage of the technology. Sometimes formulated as "embedding values in design." Similar terms are "value-sensitive design" and "ethically aligned design."

The capacity for moral action, reasoning, judgment, and decision making, as opposed to merely having moral consequences.

The moral standing of an entity in the sense of how that entity should be treated.