Feminist human-robot interaction: Disentangling power, principles and practice for better, more ethical HRI

K Winkle, D McMillan, M Arnelid, K Harrison… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is inherently a human-centric field of technology. The role of
feminist theories in related fields (eg Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science) are taken …

Beyond kant and bentham: How ethical theories are being used in artificial moral agents

J Zoshak, K Dew - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
From robots to autonomous vehicles, the design of artificial moral agents (AMAs) is an area
of growing interest to HCI, and rising concern for the implications of deploying moral …

Confrontation and Cultivation: Understanding Perspectives on Robot Responses to Norm Violations

T Mott, T Williams - 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Social robots will inevitably confront social or moral norm violations. While researchers have
identified preliminary strategies for when and how robots should respond in such situations …

I need your help... or do i? maintaining situation awareness through performative autonomy

S Roy, T Smith, B Coltin, T Williams - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Interactive intelligent systems are increasingly being deployed in safety critical contexts like
Space Exploration. For humans to safely and successfully complete collaborative tasks with …

Robots as moral advisors: The effects of deontological, virtue, and confucian role ethics on encouraging honest behavior

B Kim, R Wen, Q Zhu, T Williams… - Companion of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We examined how robots can successfully serve as moral advisors for humans. We
evaluated the effectiveness of moral advice grounded in deontological, virtue, and …

Norm-breaking responses to sexist abuse: a cross-cultural human robot interaction study

K Winkle, RB Jackson, GI Melsión… - 2022 17th ACM/IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a cross-cultural replication of recent work on productively violating
gender norms; specifically demonstrating that breaking norms can boost robot credibility …

Teacher, teammate, subordinate, friend: Generating norm violation responses grounded in role-based relational norms

R Wen, Z Han, T Williams - 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Language-capable robots require moral competence, including representations and
algorithms for moral reasoning and moral communication. We argue for an ethical pluralist …

Why and how robots should say 'no'

G Briggs, T Williams, RB Jackson… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Language-enabled robots with moral reasoning capabilities will inevitably face
situations in which they have to respond to human commands that might violate normative …

[HTML][HTML] A storytelling robot managing persuasive and ethical stances via act-r: an exploratory study

A Augello, G Città, M Gentile, A Lieto - International Journal of Social …, 2023 - Springer
We present a storytelling robot, controlled via the ACT-R cognitive architecture, able to adopt
different persuasive techniques and ethical stances while conversing about some topics …

The Power of Advice: Differential Blame for Human and Robot Advisors and Deciders in a Moral Advising Context

A Hanson, ND Starr, C Emnett, R Wen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Due to their unique persuasive power, language-capable robots must be able to both
adhere to and communicate human moral norms. These requirements are complicated by …