Abstract: With the wide application of artificial intelligence (AI) in various practical fields, intelligent making-decision has become a prominent phenomenon, which in turn has made augmented intelligence a possible independent category. However, a limited understanding of augmented intelligence within the practical fields underestimates its impact on AI ethics. An extended understanding of AI ethics in the perspectives of philosophy and ethics reveals its dual connotations: auxiliary relation and symbiotic relation. Auxiliary relation is the continuation of instrument-oriented thinking which regards AI as a tool confined to a particular field, while symbiotic relation further explores the relationship between human beings and various species of intelligent machines.

Key words: artificial intelligence, augmented intelligence, AI ethics