Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series)
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 026252600X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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George A. Patrick Lin is a philosopher and Director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group, based at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Keith Abney is a philosopher of science and Senior Lecturer at California Polytechnic State University. . Bekey is Professor Emeritus in Computer Science at University of Southern California and Distinguished Professor
As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds with robots? How might society -- and ethics -- change with robotics? This volume is the first book to bring together prominent scholars and experts from both science and the humanities to explore these and other questions in this emerging field.Starting with an overview of the issues and relevant ethical theories, the topics flow naturally from the possibility of programming robot ethics to the ethical use of military robots in war to legal and policy questions, including liability and privacy concerns. Finally, they explore the possibility that robots, whether biological-computational hybrids or pure machines, should be given rights or moral consideration.Ethics is often slow to catch up with technological developments. Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. This authoritative and accessible volume fills a gap in both scholarly literature and policy discussion, offering an impressive collection of expert analyses of the most crucial topics in this increasingly important field.. The contributors the
Unnecessarily High Jargon-to-Content Ratio Although this collection of chapters by disparate authors does give a flavor of the current state of thinking about robot ethics, it requires an unnecessarily intense effort by the reader. You will repeatedly slog through diagrams or technical jargon, only to realized that th. "Higly readable coverage of an area of great current interest" according to Bo Sanden. I wouldn't be aware of this book had I not served as a reader on a dissertation in the area of robot ethics. To an non-expert in the immediate field it provides what well-rounded coverage. It is surprisingly easy to read; only a couple of chapters come across as a little dry.. Most helpful book I've read as novice in the field This book actually changed my view of whether or not robots will some day become thinking machines and, more interestingly, regardless whether or not they actually do care about us whether we should treat them with some modicum of respect as if they did. If you want to begin
It is definitely accessible to an undergraduate student -- perhaps in the context of an undergraduate engineering ethics course. (Choice) . The book is an excellent primer on ethics and philosophy. It is also a valuable reference for roboticists, providing an awareness of the social concerns related to their research