As intelligent systems are increasingly making decisions that directly affect society, perhaps
the most important upcoming research direction in AI is to rethink the ethical implications of …

Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionizing all spheres of human life. From
industrial processes to graphic design, the implementation of automated intelligent systems …

Robot ethics encompasses ethical questions about how humans should design, deploy, and
treat robots; machine morality encompasses questions about what moral capacities a robot …

The growing use of social robots in times of isolation refocuses ethical concerns for Human–
Robot Interaction and its implications for social, emotional, and moral life. In this article we …

In a proposal issued by the European Parliament (Delvaux, 2016) it was suggested that
robots might need to be considered “electronic persons” for the purposes of social and legal …

Engineering is defined as an activity that aims at producing useful things that generate
human benefit. However, currently a large part of the robotics industry is driven by the …

This paper reveals the dangers of the Moral Machine experiment, alerting against both its
uses for normative ends, and the whole approach it is built upon to address ethical issues. It …

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) raise important social and ethical concerns, especially about
accountability, dignity, and justice. We focus on the specific concerns arising from how AV …

Robot Ethics is a new research area within Applied Ethics. One of the central problems in
Robot Ethics is the possibility of regarding artificial agents as moral agents. The present …

Artificial intelligence (AI) has in recent times assumed a relevant role in the most diverse
sectors of our society. We are at a no return point, and our future will incorporate artificial …