Governing lethal behavior in autonomous robots /

Expounding on the results of the author's work with the US Army Research Office, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and various defense industry contractors, Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots explores how to produce an ""artificial conscience"" in a new class...

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Main Author:	Arkin, Ronald C., 1949-
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	Military robots > Moral and ethical aspects. Autonomous robots > Moral and ethical aspects. Robots > Control systems. Robotics > Military applications. Robotics > Moral and ethical aspects. Military ethics. War > Moral and ethical aspects. Robots militaires > Aspect moral. Robots autonomes > Aspect moral. Robots > Systèmes de commande. Robotique > Applications militaires. Robotique > Aspect moral. Morale militaire. Guerre > Aspect moral. POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. Robotics > Moral and ethical aspects Military ethics Robotics > Military applications Robots > Control systems War > Moral and ethical aspects Militär etik. Robotteknik > etik och moral. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Expounding on the results of the author's work with the US Army Research Office, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and various defense industry contractors, Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots explores how to produce an ""artificial conscience"" in a new class of robots, humane-oids, which are robots that can potentially perform more ethically than humans in the battlefield. The author examines the philosophical basis, motivation, theory, and design recommendations for the implementation of an ethical control and reasoning system in autonomous robot systems, taking into account t
Item Description:	"A Chapman & Hall book."
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xx, 257 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781420085952 1420085956 1138435821 9781138435827 1282109324 9781282109322 9786612109324 6612109327