[From the Ethics of AI to the Ethics of Consciousness: Ethical Aspects of Computational Psychiatry].

OBJECTIVE

Identifying ethical problems arising from AI research and Computational Psychiatry for psychiatric research and practice.

METHODS

Conceptual analysis and discussion of ethically relevant projects within Computational Psychiatry.

RESULTS

Computational Psychiatry promises a contribution to improving diagnostics and therapy (prediction). Ethical problems include dealing with data protection, consequences for our self-image, as well as the risk of biologization and the neglect of conscious experience.

CONCLUSION

It is necessary to consider possible applications of AI and Computational Psychiatry in order to create the conditions for responsible use in the future. This requires a basic understanding of how AI applications work and of the associated ethical problems.