Link: Industrial standards will deal with robot ethics
post by polymathwannabe · 2014-10-06T23:13:45.546Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 3 comments"The ISO’s update will, for instance, include guidance on the maximum force with which a robot may strike a human it is working with."
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531356/should-industrial-robots-be-able-to-hurt-their-human-coworkers/
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comment by [deleted] · 2014-10-07T16:19:35.459Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
What has that to do with ethics? That's simply putting limits in place to prevent unintended consequences. Ethics would be stating under what circumstances a robot may purposefully strike a human in the first place.
comment by DanArmak · 2014-10-11T16:57:03.598Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
My client wasn't working with that human I struck; he was just a random passer-by. There are no ISO guidelines under which he may be convicted.
-- Robot lawyer
After robot ethics, will we introduce robot moral culpability, robot self-preservation and robot punishment?
comment by Viliam_Bur · 2014-10-10T14:36:02.822Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
"Robot, help me, I am falling into an abyss, give me your hand!"
"Sorry, human, but using a force equivalent to your weight would be unethical. I am going to report you to the HR department for trying to convince me to act against my ethical guidelines."