Transcript Robotic Ethics

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
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Introduction
Three Laws of Robotics introduced by Isaac
Asimov in 1942
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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:
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"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
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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
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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