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1 online resource (xx, 257 pages) : illustrations |
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"A Chapman & Hall book." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Trends toward lethality -- Human failings in the battlefield -- Related philosophical thought -- What people think : opinions on lethal autonomous systems -- Formalization for ethical control -- Specific issues for lethality : what to represent -- Representational choices : how to represent ethics in a lethal robot -- Architectural considerations for governing lethality -- Design options -- Example scenarios for the ethical use of force -- A prototype implementation. |
| Summary |
Expounding on the results of the author's work with the US Army Research Office, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and various defense industry contractors, Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots explores how to produce an ""artificial conscience"" in a new class of robots, humane-oids, which are robots that can potentially perform more ethically than humans in the battlefield. The author examines the philosophical basis, motivation, theory, and design recommendations for the implementation of an ethical control and reasoning system in autonomous robot systems, taking into account t |
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English. |
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Military robots -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Autonomous robots -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Robots -- Control systems.
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Robotics -- Military applications.
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Robotics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Military ethics.
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Robots militaires -- Aspect moral. |
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Robots autonomes -- Aspect moral. |
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Robots -- Systèmes de commande. |
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Robotique -- Applications militaires. |
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Robotique -- Aspect moral. |
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Morale militaire. |
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Guerre -- Aspect moral. |
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Robotics -- Moral and ethical aspects |
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Military ethics |
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Robotics -- Military applications |
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Robots -- Control systems |
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects |
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Militär etik. |
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Robotteknik -- etik och moral. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Arkin, Ronald C., 1949- Governing lethal behavior in autonomous robots. Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2009 9781420085945 1420085948 (DLC) 2009011782 (OCoLC)213318205 |
| ISBN |
9781420085952 (electronic bk.) |
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1420085956 (electronic bk.) |
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1138435821 |
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9781138435827 |
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1282109324 |
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9781282109322 |
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9786612109324 |
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6612109327 |
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(pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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(pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1201/9781420085952 doi |
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