An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI

by Christoph Bartneck, Christoph Lütge, Alan Wagner

This open access book introduces the reader to the foundations of AI and ethics. It discusses issues of trust, responsibility, liability, privacy and risk. It focuses on the interaction between people and the AI systems and Robotics they use. Designed to be accessible for a broad audience, reading this book does not require prerequisite technical, legal or philosophical expertise. Throughout, the authors use examples to illustrate the issues at hand and conclude the book with a discussion on the application areas of AI and Robotics, in particular autonomous vehicles, automatic weapon systems and biased algorithms. A list of questions and further readings is also included for students willing to explore the topic further.

Genres: Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Technology

128 pages, Paperback

Published August 12, 2020

Reviews

[Arno Mosikyan · Rating 3 out of 5]

citation "Experts in the field joke that AI is everything that computers cannot currently do. Although facetious on the surface, there is a sense that developing intelligent computers and robots means creating something that does not exist today. Artificial intelligence is a moving target."

[Теодор Тотев · Rating 4 out of 5]

Provides a good overview of the ethical concepts regarding Robotics and AI technologies.

[Georga Hackworth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative. Easy to understand.
Assigned as part of the science fiction literature class I'm taking at university. Convinced my professor assigned it to be a killjoy. By knowing how AI works, it is hard to suspend belief when reading something like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep or Foundation or Dune.