Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots

ISBN-13: 9781138435827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Ronald Arkin

Opis

Explores how to produce an 'artificial conscience' in a new class of robots, humane-oids, which are robots that can potentially perform more ethically than humans in the battlefield. This book presents robot architectural design recommendations for Post facto suppression of unethical behavior.

Spis treści

Preface. Introduction. Trends toward Lethality. Human Failings in the Battlefield. Related Philosophical Thought. What People Think: Opinions on Lethal Autonomous Systems. Formalization for Ethical Control. Specific Issues for Lethality-What to Represent. Representational Choices-How to Represent Ethics in a Lethal Robot. Architectural Considerations for Governing Lethality. Design Options. Example Scenarios for the Ethical Use of Force. A Prototype Implementation. Epilogue. References. Appendix A: Relevant Laws of War. Appendix B: Table of Acronyms. Appendix C: Notation. Index.

O autorze

Ronald Arkin