Governing lethal behavior in autonomous robots / Ronald Arkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arkin, Ronald C., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military robots--Moral and ethical aspects.

Military robots.

Autonomous robots--Moral and ethical aspects.

Autonomous robots.

Robots--Control systems.

Robots.

Robotics--Military applications.

Robotics.

Robotics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Military ethics.

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Expounding on the results of the author's work with the US Army Research Office, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and various defense industry contractors, Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots explores how to produce an ""artificial conscience"" in a new class of robots, humane-oids, which are robots that can potentially perform more ethically than humans in the battlefield. The author examines the philosophical basis, motivation, theory, and design recommendations for the implementation of an ethical control and reasoning system in autonomous robot systems, taking into account t

Contents:

Trends toward lethality

Human failings in the battlefield

Related philosophical thought

What people think : opinions on lethal autonomous systems

Formalization for ethical control

Specific issues for lethality : what to represent

Representational choices : how to represent ethics in a lethal robot

Architectural considerations for governing lethality

Design options

Example scenarios for the ethical use of force

A prototype implementation.

Notes:

"A Chapman & Hall book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-04-006991-6

0-429-15022-9

1-138-43582-1

1-282-10932-4

9786612109324

1-4200-8595-6

9780429150227

OCLC:

431347177