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Potential And Peril By Ipke Wachsmuth: Article Analysis

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Author Ipke Wachsmuth is a professor of Artificial Intelligence at Bielefeld University, he has also published articles regarding philosophical issues of artificial intelligence and robotics. This journal was published by the Frontiers Research Foundation.
Underwood, S. (2017). Potential and Peril: The outlook for artificial intelligence-based autonomous weapons. Communications Of The ACM, 60(6), 17-19. doi:10.1145/3077231 The news article discusses the debates regarding the development and use of lethal autonomous weapon systems. It expresses the views of roboticist Ronald Arkin, who argues that a better understanding of autonomy and artificial intelligence in robots could lead to less casualties and damage to property on the battlefield. …show more content…

It begins by stating that there is no clear definition for what ethical behavior is, since this is a subjective matter. The notions of right and wrong are different for each person, thus developing an ethical system for a robot is complex. Some argue that a robot should be programmed to follow deontological ethics, that is, duty-based behavior to fulfill a task. Others say that it should follow consequential ethics, and weigh the outcomes of their actions before taking them. What follows is the possible formation of a new type of ethical code, that may be deemed robotism. The critique of the work arises from the original book not making a strong case for convincing the readers thinking further into the ethical dilemmas. The review mentions examples of a broader perspective of the ethical issues that may arise if robots become conscious beings. Seeing that this article analyzes the shortcomings of a previous work in defining the behavior and issues of autonomous robots, and suggests new perspectives, it strives to further the ideas of creating specific codes of conduct for these machines. This is tied to my topic due to the overall goal of the work, in debating and trying to find how much autonomy should be given to a robot.
Author Harold Thimbleby is a professor of computer science at Swansea University, Wales. He is known for working on user interface design in the realm of human computer interaction. The publisher of this article is Elsevier, which is an information and analytics company and an important provider of scientific, technical, and medical

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