Technology,Ethics and Law:A Triple Survey of the Application of Virtual Digital Humans in the Field of Sports
The integration and development of virtual digital humans and sports not only creates new opportunities,but also causes a series of risks.Timely attention and reflections on the relevant risks are beneficial to regulate the application of virtual digital humans in the field of sports.Based on the definition of virtual digital humans,this paper summarizes the general situation of its application in the field of sports,and then investigates the hidden risks in the integration and development of virtual digital humans and sports from the three dimensions of technology,ethics and law,and puts forward the alleviative paths accordingly.It shows that virtual digital human has been widely used in competitive sports,school sports,mass sports and sports industry,showing excellent technical efficiency,but it still faces three risks:In the technical dimension,virtual digital humans have some defects of data deviation,algorithm black box and so on;In the ethical dimension,the digital lives created by virtual digital humans involve the hidden worries of"digital immortality"and the decline of"material body";In the legal dimension,virtual digital humans may face the risks of violating privacy and increasing the probability of crime.In light of this,based on the governance framework of"technology-ethical-law",this paper puts foward the alleviative paths for the application of virtual digital humans in the field of sports:optimize data acquisition and algorithm design to improve technology development standards,popularize the education of science and technology ethics to create a collaborative governance environment,and uphold legal governance thinkings to promote the governance ideas of legal guarantee and reliefs,so as to maximize the release of"positive technical"spillover effects of virtual digital humans in the field of sports.
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