Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous RobotsExpounding 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 et |
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 2 Trends toward Lethality | 7 |
Chapter 3 Human Failings in the Battlefield | 29 |
Chapter 4 Related Philosophical Thought | 37 |
Opinions on Lethal Autonomous Systems | 49 |
Chapter 6 Formalization for Ethical Control | 57 |
What to Represent | 69 |
How to Represent Ethics in a Lethal Robot | 93 |
Chapter 10 Design Options | 125 |
Chapter 11 Example Scenarios for the Ethical Use of Force | 155 |
Chapter 12 A Prototype Implementation | 177 |
Relevant Laws of War | 225 |
Acronyms | 243 |
Notation | 245 |
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Back cover | 259 |
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