01 - Ethics

Question 1

What is the definition of ethics?

Answer 1

“The discipline of philosophy dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty and obligation”

Question 2

What are the two aspects discussed when talking about ethics in robotics?

Answer 2

1. Robots ethical treatment of people
2. People’s ethical treatment of robots

Question 3

What are the five “Principles of Robotics”?

Answer 3

1. Robots should not be designed as weapons, except for national security reasons.
2. Robots should be designed and operated to comply with existing law, including privacy.
3. Robots are products: as with other products, they should be designed to be safe and secure.
4. Robots are manufactured artefacts: the illusion of emotions and intent should not be used to exploit vulnerable users.
5. It should be possible to find out who is responsible for any robot.

Question 4

What is the Wizard-Of-Oz method and what are some concerns about it?

Answer 4

An operator controls the robot without the users knowing, this allows for more control while stille keeping the illusion of the robot being more skilled/autonomous than it is.
This can manipulate the users to believ that robotic technology is more advanced than it actually is.