Showing posts with label Ethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethics. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Can robots know what's right and wrong

Here's an interesting little video on the bbc website that talks about the need to think about how we will deal with robots making decisions and the ethics involved. Do you think robots will be capable of making ethical decisions in the future and who will be accountable for their actions?

Can robots know the difference between right and wrong?

Monday, 13 June 2011

Stepfather Factory

Here's a video I've always loved. It's actually about the rapper's own experience with an abusive stepfather but also comments on consumerism and on a surface level brings up questions about ethics in building technology. How well will they be made? Who will be able to make them? How safe will they be? How can we control all of this?