  The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) such as the emergence
of large language models including ChatGPT and DALLE 2 has brought both
opportunities for improving productivity and raised ethical concerns. This
paper investigates the ethics of using artificial intelligence (AI) in
cartography, with a particular focus on the generation of maps using DALLE 2.
To accomplish this, we first create an open-sourced dataset that includes
synthetic (AI-generated) and real-world (human-designed) maps at multiple
scales with a variety settings. We subsequently examine four potential ethical
concerns that may arise from the characteristics of DALLE 2 generated maps,
namely inaccuracies, misleading information, unanticipated features, and
reproducibility. We then develop a deep learning-based ethical examination
system that identifies those AI-generated maps. Our research emphasizes the
importance of ethical considerations in the development and use of AI
techniques in cartography, contributing to the growing body of work on
trustworthy maps. We aim to raise public awareness of the potential risks
associated with AI-generated maps and support the development of ethical
guidelines for their future use.
