Humans and Robots
Ethics, Agency, and Anthropomorphism
Can robots perform actions, make decisions, collaborate with humans, be our friends, perhaps fall in love, or potentially harm us? In March Rowman & Littlefield Publishers published , a book by Sven Nyholm PhD (Ethics Institute). He talked on different radio shows and podcasts about his findings.
Even before these things truly happen, ethical and philosophical questions already arise. The reason is that we humans have a tendency to spontaneously attribute minds and 鈥渁gency鈥 to anything even remotely humanlike. Moreover, some people already say that robots should be our companions and have rights. Others say that robots should be slaves.
Ethical issues
This book tackles emerging ethical issues about human beings, robots, and agency head on. It explores the ethics of creating robots that are, or appear to be, decision-making agents. From military robots to self-driving cars to care robots or even sex robots equipped with artificial intelligence: how should we interpret the apparent agency of such robots?
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- Author: Sven Nyholm
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- ISBN: 978-1-78661-227-4