Computers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in their homes, and military robots will have their own targeting and firing protocols. Colin Allen and Wendell Wallach argue that as robots take on more and more responsibility, they must be programmed with moral decision-making abilities, for our own safety. Taking a fast paced tour through the latest thinking about philosophical ethics and artificial intelligence, the authors argue that even if full moral agency for machines is a long way off, it is already necessary to start building a kind of functional morality, in which artificial moral agents have some basic ethical sensitivity. But the standard ethical theories don't seem adequate, and more socially engaged and engaging robots will be needed. As the authors show, the quest to build machines that are capable of telling right from wrong has begun. Moral Machines is the first book to examine the challenge of building artificial moral agents, probing deeply into the nature of human decision making and ethics.
· 2024
There is no doubt that we're in an era of remarkable scientific advancement. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies are poised to radically transform life as we know it. However, with profound growth comes profound risk. In A Dangerous Master, renowned et...
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· 2016
This series demonstrates the breadth of challenges and the difficult adjustments entailed in reaping the benefits of technological innovation while minimizing possible harms. The eight volumes focus on distinct topics within the field and bring together key articles, all carefully selected by leading scholars in their respective fields, which play a significant role in ongoing debates as well as addressing the cutting-edge issues of futuristic challenges and additional technologies under development. This collection provides a one-stop resource for lecturers in this field and an invaluable research tool for scholars, students and libraries.
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· 2017
本书探讨了作为技术的发明生产者和消费者如何应对飞速的技术发展所带来的道德模糊问题.毫无疑问,科学研究和创新是希望和生产力的源泉,但正如瓦拉赫所言,技术的不断发展可能逐渐成为一股脱离人类控制的强大力量.某些人,机构或是某些价值观反对对新兴技术比如自动化机器人或是要求进行有意义的监管,书中对这些情况进行了分析,提出了如何掌控技术,重掌人类命运的建议.