Results: Should a carebot bring an alcoholic a drink? Poll says, it depends on who owns the robot
In a care scenario, a robot may have been purchased by the patient, by the doctor or hospital (which sent it home with the patient to monitor their health), or by a concerned family member who wants to monitor their
Should ownership influence decision making of a care robot?
For the past few months, the Open Roboethics initiative have been exploring the topic of care robots. During one of our meetings, we got into an interesting discussion about whether a robot that you own should be programmed to make different choices
How should an autonomous car optimize crashes?
A couple of months ago Dr. Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, wrote an article on autonomous cars. The article, titled "The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You",
Results: My (autonomous) car, my safety
You are travelling along a single lane mountain road in an autonomous car that is approaching a narrow tunnel. You are the only passenger of the car. Just before entering the tunnel a child attempts to run across the road but
Results: If a death by an autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die?
Life and death decisions make interesting thought experiments. When you throw an autonomous car into the mix, then things get even more interesting. A couple of weeks ago Jason Millar wrote about such a scenario called the Tunnel Problem. The Tunnel Problem goes