Mind Machine And Morality

Author : Peter A. Hancock
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781351917452

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Mind, Machine and Morality by Peter A. Hancock Pdf

Technology is our conduit of power. In our modern world, technology is the gatekeeper deciding who shall have and who shall have not. Either technology works for you or you work for technology. It shapes the human race just as much as we shape it. But where is this symbiosis going? Who provides the directions, the intentions, the goals of this human-machine partnership? Such decisions do not derive from the creators of technology who are enmeshed in their individual innovations. They neither come from our social leaders who possess only sufficient technical understanding to react to innovations, not to anticipate or direct their progress. Neither is there evidence of some omnipotent 'invisible hand,' the simple fact is that no one is directing this enterprise. In Mind, Machine and Morality, Peter Hancock asks questions about this insensate progress and has the temerity to suggest some cognate answers. He argues for the unbreakable symbiosis of purpose and process, and examines the dangerous possibilities that emerge when science and purpose meet. Historically, this work is a modern-day child of Bacon's hope for the 'Great Instauration.' However, unlike its forebear, the focus here is on human-machine systems. The emphasis centers on the conception that the active, extensive face of modern philosophy is technology. Whatever we are to become is bound up not only in our biology but critically in our technology also. And to achieve rational progress we need to articulate manifest purpose. This book is one step along the purposive road. Drawing together his many seminal writings on human-machine interaction and adapting these works specifically for this collection, Peter Hancock provides real food for thought, delighting readers with his unique philosophical perspective and outstanding insights. This is theoretical work of the highest order and will open minds accordingly.

Author : Wendell Wallach,Colin Allen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780199737970

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Moral Machines by Wendell Wallach,Colin Allen Pdf

"Moral Machines is a fine introduction to the emerging field of robot ethics. There is much here that will interest ethicists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, and roboticists." ---Peter Danielson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews --

Author : Thompson, Steven John
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781799848950

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Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Thompson, Steven John Pdf

Machines and computers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and self-sustaining. As we integrate such technologies into our daily lives, questions concerning moral integrity and best practices arise. A changing world requires renegotiating our current set of standards. Without best practices to guide interaction and use with these complex machines, interaction with them will turn disastrous. Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence is a collection of innovative research that presents holistic and transdisciplinary approaches to the field of machine ethics and morality and offers up-to-date and state-of-the-art perspectives on the advancement of definitions, terms, policies, philosophies, and relevant determinants related to human-machine ethics. The book encompasses theory and practice sections for each topical component of important areas of human-machine ethics both in existence today and prospective for the future. While highlighting a broad range of topics including facial recognition, health and medicine, and privacy and security, this book is ideally designed for ethicists, philosophers, scientists, lawyers, politicians, government lawmakers, researchers, academicians, and students. It is of special interest to decision- and policy-makers concerned with the identification and adoption of human-machine ethics initiatives, leading to needed policy adoption and reform for human-machine entities, their technologies, and their societal and legal obligations.

Author : Wendell Wallach,Colin Allen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780199888344

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Moral Machines by Wendell Wallach,Colin Allen Pdf

Computers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in their homes, and military robots will have their own targeting and firing protocols. Colin Allen and Wendell Wallach argue that as robots take on more and more responsibility, they must be programmed with moral decision-making abilities, for our own safety. Taking a fast paced tour through the latest thinking about philosophical ethics and artificial intelligence, the authors argue that even if full moral agency for machines is a long way off, it is already necessary to start building a kind of functional morality, in which artificial moral agents have some basic ethical sensitivity. But the standard ethical theories don't seem adequate, and more socially engaged and engaging robots will be needed. As the authors show, the quest to build machines that are capable of telling right from wrong has begun. Moral Machines is the first book to examine the challenge of building artificial moral agents, probing deeply into the nature of human decision making and ethics.

Author : Abebe-Bard Ai Woldemariam
Publisher : 1A
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9798224605880

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Mind Machine by Abebe-Bard Ai Woldemariam Pdf

Mind Machine: Navigating the Philosophical Labyrinth of AI Consciousness CONVERSATIONAL CHAT INFORMATIVE BOOK By ABEBE- BARD AI WOLDEMARIAM The book "Mind Machine: Navigating the Philosophical Labyrinth of AI Consciousness" delves into the profound question of whether machines can truly be conscious. Divided into three parts, it explores the challenges of defining and detecting consciousness, examines the ethical landscape of AI consciousness, and envisions the future relationship between humans and conscious AI. The book addresses classic tests like the Turing Test and confronts the "hard problem" of bridging physical processes and subjective experience. And focuses on the ethical implications of conscious AI, including discussions on granting rights to AI, reconciling human control with AI autonomy, and rethinking the ethical parameters of interaction with conscious machines. Finally, considers potential scenarios for the interaction between conscious humans and AI, explores the ethical and philosophical implications of human-AI integration, and reimagines the relationship between individual and collective intelligence in the age of AI. The book aims to illuminate the possibilities and pitfalls of a future intertwined with conscious AI, urging readers to chart an ethical and beneficial path forward.

Author : Tim Crane
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134437337

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The Mechanical Mind by Tim Crane Pdf

A fascinating exploration of the theories and arguments surrounding the notions of thought and representation. Now in its 2nd edition, Cranes's classic text has introduced thousands to some of the most important ideas in philosophy of mind.

Author : Christopher Hookway
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1986-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 052133828X

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Minds, Machines and Evolution by Christopher Hookway Pdf

Original essays written by philosophers and scientists and dealing with philosophical questions arising from work in evolutionary biology and artificial intelligence.

Author : Michael Anderson,Susan Leigh Anderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781139497749

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Machine Ethics by Michael Anderson,Susan Leigh Anderson Pdf

The new field of machine ethics is concerned with giving machines ethical principles, or a procedure for discovering a way to resolve the ethical dilemmas they might encounter, enabling them to function in an ethically responsible manner through their own ethical decision making. Developing ethics for machines, in contrast to developing ethics for human beings who use machines, is by its nature an interdisciplinary endeavor. The essays in this volume represent the first steps by philosophers and artificial intelligence researchers toward explaining why it is necessary to add an ethical dimension to machines that function autonomously, what is required in order to add this dimension, philosophical and practical challenges to the machine ethics project, various approaches that could be considered in attempting to add an ethical dimension to machines, work that has been done to date in implementing these approaches, and visions of the future of machine ethics research.

Author : Paul T. Sagal
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872202631

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Mind, Man, and Machine by Paul T. Sagal Pdf

Explores the ideas of Turing, Lucas, Scriven, Putnam, and Searle, and presents the complex Godel-Church-Lucas argument. This title contains a section dealing with the problem of qualitative features of experience, such as color properties.

Author : Russell Blackford,Damien Broderick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781118736418

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Intelligence Unbound by Russell Blackford,Damien Broderick Pdf

Intelligence Unbound explores the prospects, promises, and potential dangers of machine intelligence and uploaded minds in a collection of state-of-the-art essays from internationally recognized philosophers, AI researchers, science fiction authors, and theorists. Compelling and intellectually sophisticated exploration of the latest thinking on Artificial Intelligence and machine minds Features contributions from an international cast of philosophers, Artificial Intelligence researchers, science fiction authors, and more Offers current, diverse perspectives on machine intelligence and uploaded minds, emerging topics of tremendous interest Illuminates the nature and ethics of tomorrow’s machine minds—and of the convergence of humans and machines—to consider the pros and cons of a variety of intriguing possibilities Considers classic philosophical puzzles as well as the latest topics debated by scholars Covers a wide range of viewpoints and arguments regarding the prospects of uploading and machine intelligence, including proponents and skeptics, pros and cons

Author : Stephen B. Torrance
Publisher : Chichester [West Sussex] : Ellis Horwood ; New York : Halsted Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015007650891

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The Mind and the Machine by Stephen B. Torrance Pdf

Author : Luís Moniz Pereira,António Barata Lopes
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030396305

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Machine Ethics by Luís Moniz Pereira,António Barata Lopes Pdf

This book offers the first systematic guide to machine ethics, bridging between computer science, social sciences and philosophy. Based on a dialogue between an AI scientist and a novelist philosopher, the book discusses important findings on which moral values machines can be taught and how. In turn, it investigates what kind of artificial intelligence (AI) people do actually want. What are the main consequences of the integration of AI in people’s every-day life? In order to co-exist and collaborate with humans, machines need morality, but which moral values should we teach them? Moreover, how can we implement benevolent AI? These are just some of the questions carefully examined in the book, which offers a comprehensive account of ethical issues concerning AI, on the one hand, and a timely snapshot of the power and potential benefits of this technology on the other. Starting with an introduction to common-sense ethical principles, the book then guides the reader, helping them develop and understand more complex ethical concerns and placing them in a larger, technological context. The book makes these topics accessible to a non-expert audience, while also offering alternative reading pathways to inspire more specialized readers.

Author : Patrick Lin,Keith Abney,George A. Bekey
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262297752

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Robot Ethics by Patrick Lin,Keith Abney,George A. Bekey Pdf

Prominent experts from science and the humanities explore issues in robot ethics that range from sex to war. Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds with robots? How might society—and ethics—change with robotics? This volume is the first book to bring together prominent scholars and experts from both science and the humanities to explore these and other questions in this emerging field. Starting with an overview of the issues and relevant ethical theories, the topics flow naturally from the possibility of programming robot ethics to the ethical use of military robots in war to legal and policy questions, including liability and privacy concerns. The contributors then turn to human-robot emotional relationships, examining the ethical implications of robots as sexual partners, caregivers, and servants. Finally, they explore the possibility that robots, whether biological-computational hybrids or pure machines, should be given rights or moral consideration. Ethics is often slow to catch up with technological developments. This authoritative and accessible volume fills a gap in both scholarly literature and policy discussion, offering an impressive collection of expert analyses of the most crucial topics in this increasingly important field.

Author : Alexander E. Silverman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Law
ISBN : 081338575X

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Mind, Machine, and Metaphor by Alexander E. Silverman Pdf

An essay on artificial intelligence and legal reasoning.

Author : Fabrice Jotterand,Marcello Ienca
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030741884

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Artificial Intelligence in Brain and Mental Health: Philosophical, Ethical & Policy Issues by Fabrice Jotterand,Marcello Ienca Pdf

This volume provides an interdisciplinary collection of essays from leaders in various fields addressing the current and future challenges arising from the implementation of AI in brain and mental health. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform health care and improve biomedical research. While the potential of AI in brain and mental health is tremendous, its ethical, regulatory and social impacts have not been assessed in a comprehensive and systemic way. The volume is structured according to three main sections, each of them focusing on different types of AI technologies. Part 1, Big Data and Automated Learning: Scientific and Ethical Considerations, specifically addresses issues arising from the use of AI software, especially machine learning, in the clinical context or for therapeutic applications. Part 2, AI for Digital Mental Health and Assistive Robotics: Philosophical and Regulatory Challenges, examines philosophical, ethical and regulatory issues arising from the use of an array of technologies beyond the clinical context. In the final section of the volume, Part 3 entitled AI in Neuroscience and Neurotechnology: Ethical, Social and Policy Issues, contributions examine some of the implications of AI in neuroscience and neurotechnology and the regulatory gaps or ambiguities that could potentially hamper the responsible development and implementation of AI solutions in brain and mental health. In light of its comprehensiveness and multi-disciplinary character, this book marks an important milestone in the public understanding of the ethics of AI in brain and mental health and provides a useful resource for any future investigation in this crucial and rapidly evolving area of AI application. The book is of interest to a wide audience in neuroethics, robotics, computer science, neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health.