Open Roboethics Institute
What is ORI
Open Roboethics Institute (ORI) is a Canadian nonprofit that gathers communities of interdisciplinary thinkers and doers to engage with pressing social and ethical implications of robotics and AI technologies. Our goal is to collaborate with partner organizations and build learning communities based on principles of openness, inclusivity, and participation. Then, we develop tools and resources to help members examine robotics and AI systems, understand their implications, and anticipate their various harms and mitigation strategies for their communities. Towards this goal, ORI is a community builder and resource creator.
What Do We Do
Community Building
We create accessible and open spaces with two primary goals which include 1) providing hands-on training, workshops, and lectures on AI and robot ethics that are accessible to diverse audiences, 2) creating spaces for community members to connect with others in an effort to investigate the ethics of robotics and AI.
Resources
We deliver research and community-informed resources to investigate ethical dimensions of AI and robotics. The entirety of our research and resources are shared openly and for free. ORI has created the Foresight into AI Ethics (FAIE) and Learning Hub toolkits.
AI Ethics Toolkit
Our toolkit provides a systematic method to uncover key ethical issues specific to your data-driven AI project so as to better anticipate and mitigate the risks.
Learning hub guide
The ORI learning hub guide provides you to starter kit including a reading list and tips to start a hub at your community to discuss ethical issues about robots and AI.
Blog
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The Emerging Policy and Ethics of Human Robot Interaction
What ethical, societal, and legal implications should designers keep in mind when developing
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Results: Will autonomous cars create more jobs?
Will robots take away our jobs? Will we be better off with robots
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If a death by an autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die?
There may be times when an accident or a death is unavoidable while
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Community Roundtable: Contributing to Canada’s Public Consultation on AI
The Open Roboethics Institute is hosting a Community Roundtable to support public engagement
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Would you trust a robot to take care of your grandma?
One of the driving forces of social, interactive robotics is the impending issue