Why robots should not be delegated with the decision to kill
Noel Sharkey
Connection Science · 2017
doi:10.1080/09540091.2017.1310183 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
The EPSRC first principle of robotics, “robots should not be designed solely or primarily to kill or harm humans, except in the interests of national security”, is challenged in detail here. Focusing on security and armed conflict, arguments are marshalled against the principle on ethical, legal, technical and security grounds. A new principle is proposed that robots should never be delegated with the decision to apply violent force to humans.
Abstract licence: CC BY-NC
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