Session 2 - Lethality and autonomous robots: An Ethical stance
Location
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Stan Fulton Building
Start Date
1-6-2007 11:20 AM
End Date
1-6-2007 11:30 AM
Description
This paper addresses a difficult issue confronting the designers of intelligent robotic systems: their potential use of lethality in warfare. As part of an ARO-funded study, we are currently investigating the points of view of various demographic groups, including researchers, regarding this issue, as well as developing methods to engineer ethical safeguards into their use in the battlefield.
Keywords
Artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence – Military applications; Artificial intelligence – Moral and ethical aspects; Ethics; Ethical safeguards; Military art and science; Robots; Robots – Moral and ethical aspects; Warfare
Disciplines
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Ethics in Religion | Military and Veterans Studies | Robotics
Language
English
Permissions
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Session 2 - Lethality and autonomous robots: An Ethical stance
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Stan Fulton Building
This paper addresses a difficult issue confronting the designers of intelligent robotic systems: their potential use of lethality in warfare. As part of an ARO-funded study, we are currently investigating the points of view of various demographic groups, including researchers, regarding this issue, as well as developing methods to engineer ethical safeguards into their use in the battlefield.