The expression was coined in the 1990s by Luciano Floridi, who has published prolifically in this area with the intention of elaborating a unified and coherent, conceptual frame for the whole subject.
这个术语是在二十世纪九十年代由卢西亚诺•弗洛里迪创造的，他在这一领域发表了许多文献，旨在为整个主题制定一个统一的、一致的概念框架。