The Ethical Robot

UConn professor emerita Susan Anderson and her research partner, husband Michael Anderson of the University of Hartford, a UConn alumnus, are teaching machines how to behave ethically. Connect with UConn Today, your official source for University news, at: http://today.uconn.edu/

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25 responses to “The Ethical Robot”

  1. IAmProZombie Avatar
    IAmProZombie

    Reminds me of Do …
    Reminds me of Do Androids Dream of Electric sheep/ Blade Runner

  2. DrEffex Avatar
    DrEffex

    i have 3
    i have 3

  3. DrEffex Avatar
    DrEffex

    i have a nao
    i have a nao

  4. RamDragon32 Avatar
    RamDragon32

    That monitor on the …
    That monitor on the wall has a very realistic looking screen saver. It’s a little washed out, though.

  5. radaz77 Avatar
    radaz77

    @clubdemer Now …
    @clubdemer Now that’s more like it. Thanks a lot!

    Good luck with this research!

  6. SpooderW Avatar
    SpooderW

    first video ive …
    first video ive ever seen with no dislikes!

  7. clubdemer Avatar
    clubdemer

    @radaz77 Google ” …
    @radaz77 Google “EthEl: Toward a Principled Ethical Eldercare Robot” for more info (pdf freely available).

  8. radaz77 Avatar
    radaz77

    @clubdemer Freely …
    @clubdemer Freely available and… old (2007). ๐Ÿ™‚
    I’m thinking about a paper with more detailed guidance in this project: used knowledge, procedures, considered factors and stuff.
    If the machine is not autonomous and only follows simple rules like:
    IF time:{06:00} THEN action:{remind}
    IF reaction:{accepted} THEN action:{!end}
    IF reaction:{refusal} THEN action:{repeat}
    IF action:{refusal2} THEN call:{doctor}
    If it consideres all of presented factors – would be cool to learn more. ๐Ÿ™‚

  9. clubdemer Avatar
    clubdemer

    @radaz77 “Machine …
    @radaz77 “Machine Ethics: Creating an Ethical Intelligent Agent”, AI Magazine, Vol. 28, No. 4. A pdf is? freely available.

  10. radaz77 Avatar
    radaz77

    I would like to see …
    I would like to see a paper introducing the idea. Without it – the video is pointless. How does the machine calculate the harm, for instance? All diseases are different. And did the machine check if the medicine is the correct one?
    Without this stuff – it is just a fancy alarm clock sending a text to your family / doctor after a period of time of refusing taking the medicine.

    It’s like getting excited about robot-soldiers that use GPS to find ther location and stop firing when on a cementary…

  11. disappearences Avatar
    disappearences

    2:25 nice curved …
    2:25 nice curved links between objects!

  12. williamaswensonjr Avatar
    williamaswensonjr

    I’m sure the …
    I’m sure the pharmaceutical companies and medical industry will enjoy these ethically programmed robots. Perhaps the robots can eventually be programmed to provide patients with information on alternative and natural health remedies not requiring medications.

  13. clubdemer Avatar
    clubdemer

    @DuckShoooes …
    @DuckShoooes Science is the means by which you communicate this opinion.

  14. DuckShoooes Avatar
    DuckShoooes

    @DuckShoooes …
    @DuckShoooes science is our enemy, friend

  15. clubdemer Avatar
    clubdemer

    @josephsoninstitute …
    @josephsoninstitute Thanks for your interest!

  16. josephsoninstitute Avatar
    josephsoninstitute

    @clubdemer thanks …
    @clubdemer thanks for your help!

  17. kadmany Avatar
    kadmany

    @conman2317
    You …

    @conman2317
    You wrong,it is impossible

  18. conman2317 Avatar
    conman2317

    We are hundreds of …
    We are hundreds of years away from the roboots you see in movies.

  19. clubdemer Avatar
    clubdemer

    @josephsoninstitute …
    @josephsoninstitute Google “An Approach to Computing Ethics” in IEEE Intelligent Systems July/August 2006 (vol. 21 no. 4). A pdf is freely available.

  20. josephsoninstitute Avatar
    josephsoninstitute

    Do you know where I …
    Do you know where I can find more information on what principals are being taught to the robots?

  21. clubdemer Avatar
    clubdemer

    @DuckShoooes As all …
    @DuckShoooes As all stars eventually die, including our sun, this has always been the case. Perhaps science might prove helpful in this regard…

  22. DuckShoooes Avatar
    DuckShoooes

    humanity is doomed..
    humanity is doomed..

  23. clubdemer Avatar
    clubdemer

    @RetributionAngel …
    @RetributionAngel Guess it’s hard for a robot to take your medicine for you!

  24. RetributionAngel Avatar
    RetributionAngel

    OMG… a nagging …
    OMG… a nagging bot ๐Ÿ˜€
    why make a robot that asks questions… you want it to do stuff not ask you to do stuff

  25. clubdemer Avatar
    clubdemer

    @Aleprechaunist1987 …
    @Aleprechaunist1987 Yes, that would give one pause, wouldn’t it? Rest assured this is not the case. Check out the paper referred to in other replies to get the full story, one whose subtlety can not be conveyed in the space of a YouTube comment.

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