Ethical Technology and Philosophy in the Age of RobotsWith the development of smart autonomous machines, maybe even machines that demonstrate a general intelligent and self-awareness, there is a need to discuss ethics. There are also big philosophical questions about artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and social change that we face at this time. This department is tracking the philosophical and ethical side of the second machine age.
Towards a post-privacy world: proposed bill would encourage agencies to widely share your data Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra The federal government has announced a plan to increase the sharing of citizen data across the public sector. This would include...
New tool might aid the adoption of technologies such as autonomous vehicles One of the biggest impediments to adoption of new technologies is trust in AI. Now, a new tool developed by USC Viterbi Engineering researchers generates automatic indicators if data and...
Fake audio or video content has been ranked by experts as the most worrying use of artificial intelligence in terms of its potential applications for crime or terrorism, according to a new UCL report. The study, published in Crime Science and funded by the Dawes...
An ethical eye on AI New mathematical idea reins in AI bias towards making unethical and costly commercial choices Researchers from the University of Warwick, Imperial College London, EPFL (Lausanne) and Sciteb Ltd have found a mathematical means of helping regulators...
The IEEE brain initiative seeks to set standards for, and explore the ethics of many technologies related to the brain and brain-machine interfaces. Laura Cabrera's interests focus on the ethical and societal implications of neurotechnology and neuroscientific...
FROM THE ARCHIVES Should Robots Feel Pain? by Beth Singler
FROM THE ARCHIVES Will Robots Ever Achieve Genuine Consciousness? How Will We Know? by Paul Nunez Will Robots Ever Achieve Genuine Consciousness? How Will We Know? Paul Nunez onsciousness is the most...
FROM THE ARCHIVES Do Robots Need A Self? by Georg Northoff
FROM THE ARCHIVES Our Sexual Future With Robots by Audrey DeRobert
FROM THE ARCHIVES Ethics - Robot Academy with Peter Corke
