EST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Roboethics, Dignity
26 Mar 2018
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Birth of a robot: current generation of robots are research tools that explore how machines perceive, looking toward expanding that capacity. Example: einstein created by david hanson: robots have not yet achieved the recognition and cognition skills even of human infants, current research on robotic development drawing from developmental psychology, aimed at enhancing information-acquiring capacity. Modeled on kids: designed for the study of robot acquisition of basic human interaction by children, main problem is robots" restriction of information acquisition by means of programming. Spoon-fed information for robots called "supervised learning" is nowhere near how humans learn. New robots being designed based on infant intelligence to cover basic human functions: recognition of people, reacting to "interesting" stimuli. Ethics in advanced robots: human rights to be protected and promoted by roboethics: Elderly to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in the social and cultural.
