Comments for Ethics, Technology, and Society

Comment on The Extremes and In-Betweens of Synthetic Biology by boind

boind — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:02:19 +0000

great cartoon))))

Comment on About by Jason

Jason — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:32:08 +0000

Wow! These are big questions. I can’t answer all of them here, since you raise many of the central questions being debated in roboethics today. I would definitely recommend “Robot Ethics”, published by MIT Press. It’s a good primer on the ethical issues surrounding robotics. I use it to teach my Roboethics class.

Thanks for the comment.

Comment on We Robot Conference – Miami by Jason Millar

Jason Millar — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:30:21 +0000

No, Unfortunately I don’t.

Comment on We Robot Conference – Miami by guest

guest — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:32:51 +0000

DO you know of any similar conference in London , UK ?

Comment on About by @isabelevabohrer

@isabelevabohrer — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:40:41 +0000

Hi Jason,

I am writing an article on Robot Ethics and was wondering whether you could answer some questions? I have pasted them below and would appreciate your response. The article is for http://www.digitalethics.org.

If you could get back to me by Wednesday, Feb. 29, that would be great.

Thanks!
Isabel

There is no doubt that robots are promising technologies that demonstrate the potential to act (semi)autonomously in domains traditionally associated with uniquely human capacities. That is the tag line of the (short) history of robots. However, as their autonomy increases, so too does the demand on computer experts to make sure their machines are good. If there is a time to start thinking about robot ethics, it is now, before we find ourselves in an exam room being diagnosed by a robot, while his human counterpart sits idly by in awe of the robot’s abilities.

http://jasonmillar.ca/ethicstechnologyandsociety/…

This article would address the following questions:

1. What are robot ethics? What laws exist to prevent humans from abusing robots?

2. Where exists the ethical boundary between which tasks robots can perform and which they can’t?

3. Is South Korea the only country affected? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6425927.stm )

4. What happens when robots start making ethical decisions? http://news.discovery.com/tech/robot-makes-ethica…

5. What about the recent debates on using drones? http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/poll20120215

http://jasonmillar.ca/ethicstechnologyandsociety/…

This article would address the following questions:

1. What are robot ethics? What laws exist to prevent humans from abusing robots?

2. Where exists the ethical boundary between which tasks robots can perform and which they can’t?

3. Is South Korea the only country affected? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6425927.stm )

4. What happens when robots start making ethical decisions? http://news.discovery.com/tech/robot-makes-ethica…

5. What about the recent debates on using drones? http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/poll20120215

Comment on What is Google+? The End of Facebook. by cojo

cojo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:27:30 +0000

facebook will die without google+

Comment on The End of Telemarketing by Todd

Todd — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:22:06 +0000

There are indeed a lot of scams and other negativity surrounding telemarketing. Though, in my opinion, there are still a lot of others contact centers that are still legitimate and abide by the rules.

Comment on The Extremes and In-Betweens of Synthetic Biology by bannercraig

bannercraig — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:02:29 +0000

Before read your concept I don't know about cartoon make way perfectly now I'm able to know it completely. Thanks mate and more power.

Comment on Keepon Redux: From the Robot Film Fest by Ian

Ian — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:33:12 +0000

Really cool! I wonder when it will hit the market?

Comment on Apple Wants to Hide Your Files in the iCloud by Somedude

Somedude — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:19:33 +0000

Want to assert your digital freedom? Don't buy an Apple product. Seems pretty simple to me.