Link: Industrial standards will deal with robot ethics
“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.”
“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.”
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.
-- Robot lawyer
After robot ethics, will we introduce robot moral culpability, robot self-preservation and robot punishment?
“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.”