Robotics and Philosophy project - Workshop on "Moral Machines?"
What morals do intelligent machines have and need? Sometimes it’s the questions, rather than the answers, that show how the world is changing. For example, questions about the moral consequences of machines and computers becoming more intelligent. A group of ETH students have tackled this issue.
A group of ETH doctoral and master students from the engineering, computer science and philosophy departments at ETH Zürich organized the workshop "Moral Machines - Ethical Implications of Contemporary Robotics", February 23rd & 24th, at ETH Zurich. Our recently graduated Ph.D. Naveen Shamsudhin - organizer and part of the external page Robotics and Philosophy project - is thinking beyond microrobotics and contributing to a dialogue on robot ethics and morals here in Zurich.
Full article on ETH News.