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Pervasive computing systems will provoke a massive transformation of our civilization. Wireless sensor networks will permit to gather information about the world and to act on it at an unprecedentedly detailed level. Wearable or implanted devices will improve our health condition. But also less friendly applications are to be expected, like robot soldiers. They will transform profoundly the way we...
Robots do not have any capability of taking moral responsibility. At the same time industrial robotics is entering a new era with ??intelligent?? robots sharing workbench with humans. Teams consisting of humans and industrial robots are no longer science fiction. The biggest worry in this scenario is the fear of humans losing control and robots running amok. We believe that the current way of implementing...
Asimov's three laws of robotics have been inculcated so successfully into our culture that they now appear to shape expectations as to how robots should act around humans. However, there has been little serious discussion as to whether the laws really do provide a framework for human-robot interactions. Asimov actually used his laws as a literary device to explore the lack of resilience in the interplay...
A digital ecosystem has to deal with the notion of responsibility with respect to some of its entities, including artefacts. Autonomous artificial agents have given rise to the study of the possibility that these agents have ethical aspects. This paper introduces a conceptual framework for ethical situations that involve artificial agents such as robots. Specifically, we focus on how ethical rules...
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