RMF2012 Abstracts

Session: Wednesday 4th July evening (20.30 - 22.00)

Title: Cafe Scientifique

Name: Ann Grand

Affiliation:

Abstract Details

Would you take a robot lover; employ a robot domestic servant or personal carer for your declining years; or leave your children in the care of a robot nanny? Such developments are increasingly possible but the use of robots and artificial intelligence for caring applications introduces new moral dilemmas and brings new costs and dangers.

Most existing codes and legislation envisage the typical robot user as a businessperson. Current technological developments of robots for more intimate purposes and for more vulnerable users raise urgent ethical issues, at least some of which we will explore in this cafe.

The level of the session is: Accessible

Presentation details

Presenter 1

Start time: 20:30

Presentation title: Would you take a robot lover? Some delicate questions in robot-human ethics

Author: Dr Blay Whitby

Affiliation: Dr Whitby is a member of the Ethics Committee of the British Computer Society and the Chartered Institute of IT and ethical advisor to the Royal Academy of Engineering