Jul 31, 2009
Roboticists Argue for Robot System of Ethics
Since scientists are out to kill us again, what with flesh-eating robots, ethicists and roboticists have called for revisions to Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics:
A human-robot co-existence society could emerge by 2030, says Chen in his paper. Already iRobot’s Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner and Scooba floor cleaner are a part of more than 3 million American households. The next generation robots will be more sophisticated and are expected to provide services such as nursing, security, housework and education.
These machines will have the ability to make independent decisions and work reasonably unsupervised. That’s why, says Chen, it may be time to decide who regulates robots.
If it was up to you, what laws would you program into robots?
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