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Robotic Ethics
Shahid Iqbal Tarar
Robotics and Ethics
• A new science or an integral part of Engineering?
• Actually Discipline born from Computer Science, AI, Mechanics, Physics/Maths, Electronics, Automation and control and cybernetics
• Specifics of Robotics– Humanity is at the threshold of replicating an intellegent and
autonomous agent– Complex concepts (like learning, conciousness, decision making,
freedom, emotions etc. ) may not have the same semantic meaning for humans, animals and machines
Robotics and Ethics
• Draws on many disciplnes like logic, neuroscience, biology, philosophy, natural history and arts.
• Robotics de facto unifies two cultures, science and humanities
• The primary precondition for Robotic ethics is the unity of these cultures
Robotics
• Introduction• Three Laws of Robotics introduced by Isaac
Asimov in 1942– A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a
human being to come to harm.
– A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
– A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
• Later, Asimov added the Zeroth Law: – "A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to
harm"; the rest of the laws are modified sequentially to acknowledge this.
Robots
• Robots are ”just machines”
• Robots have ethical dimensions
• Robots are moral agents
• Robots present evolution of a new species
Robotic Ethics
• Humanoid • Artificial mind• Artificial body
– Benefits– Problems– Recommendations
• Safety • Security• Tracebility• Indentifiability• Privacy
• Advanced production systems– Industrial Robotics – Adaptive robot servants and intellgent homes– Indoor Service Robots– Ubiquitous Robotics– Network Robotics (Internet Robotics, robot
Ecology)
• Out door Robotics (Land, Seas, Air, Space)• Robotics in Health care and life quality
– Surgical robots– Bio-robotics– Assistive robots– Robotics in Computation
• Military Robotics– Intellegent weapons– Robot Soldiers– Superhumans
• Education and Entertainment – Robot Toys– Educational robots
Ethics in Robotics
Might be seen as consisting of
– The ethical norms built into robots– The ethics of design and production of robots– The ethics of handling/use of robots