An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI Quotes

“It is an yet open issue how to make sure that AI does not become a technology exclusively developed by a small set of industrialised leaders and instead also benefits developing countries.”
― Christoph Bartneck, An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI

“Autonomous weapons are often called “killer robots” in mass media reports. Some object to the use of the term. Lokhorst and van den Hoven describe the phrase as an “insidious rhetorical trick” (Lokhorst and Van Den Hoven 2012). However, this is favoured by the “Campaign to Stop Killer Robots”.1 This is umbrella group of human rights organisations seeking an international ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems.”
― Christoph Bartneck, An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI

“Ethical risk to stock price The stock price of a company might be affected greatly by ethical scandals. BP, for example, suffered great value to its stock price as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. In the month following this crisis, its stock price fell from USD 60 to USD 27 in a month. A fall in stock price can be something that destroys careers or leads to takeovers of the entire company. So this is something successful CEOs will seek to avoid.”
― Christoph Bartneck, An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI

“One cannot bomb a hospital or school or attack an ambulance. In this example, we discuss the questions of blame, responsibility and liability with respect to an autonomous weapon killing a person it is not permitted to kill under IHL.”
― Christoph Bartneck, An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI