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Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong by Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 3:55 pm
by Philosophy Now
Tony Beavers considers a timely understanding of machine ethics.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/71/Mor ... olin_Allen
Re: Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong by Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 11:52 pm
by Impenitent
before you program machine ethics, you have to give machines free will...
-Imp
Re: Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong by Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 5:31 pm
by shortyguy
before you program machine ethics, you have to give machines free will...
Are you sure about that?
That would imply that humans have a free will, which is debatable.
Or would you say that it is also debatable that humans have ethics?
I am not trying to argue that humans have no free will hence no ethics, but i am wondering if an agreement on certain moral decisions can be made even if we are not able to know for sure if we or machines are going to follow them or not.
Re: Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong by Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:49 am
by Impenitent
shortyguy wrote:before you program machine ethics, you have to give machines free will...
Are you sure about that?
That would imply that humans have a free will, which is debatable.
Or would you say that it is also debatable that humans have ethics?
I am not trying to argue that humans have no free will hence no ethics, but i am wondering if an agreement on certain moral decisions can be made even if we are not able to know for sure if we or machines are going to follow them or not.
if they cannot make the choice, the ethical question is moot
-Imp