Arbeid in de toekomst : Inzicht in arbeid en goed werkgeverschap in de tuinbouw

Pekkeriet, E.J.; Splinter, G.M.

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“…For example, there are no agricultural robots imagined functioning as companions, or friends or with built-in emotional capacities of any sort. However, there are robots being designed to work side-byside with human 'colleagues' to pick fruits or harvest vegetables, or to interact with animals in the barn where they clean up the manure, or functioning as an assistant of the farmer in the field [61]. While there are no personal attachments between humans and agricultural robots, robots are certainly imagined functioning in intimate working collaborations with human beings and animals.…”

Section: Relationships Between Robots and Other Sentient Beingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All the questions raised about the job market are very relevant for the agri-food sector, but they have been rarely discussed at length in the scholarly or policy literature [9,36,61,66,72]. While the rollout of agricultural AI robots is still relatively new, there is the possibility that some of the jobs previously done by humans will be replaced by robots.…”

Section: E Meaning and (Just) Division Of Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It may lead to a new opportunity to learn skills for using AI technologies for the future [72]. Robots are expected to fulfill a role, because human laborers are considered costly and reducing costs leads to higher profits (Pekkeriet et al [61]. But also, because in some areas (e.g., North West Europe) capable laborers are increasingly difficult to find.…”

Section: E Meaning and (Just) Division Of Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Identifying key ethical debates for autonomous robots in agri-food: a research agenda

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Agribusinesses are investing in different forms of AI robots, as there is a lot of hope that these machines will help meet the challenges within the agricultural industry, which is to efficiently produce more food for a growing world population. AI robots are expected to enhance production, while compensating for lack of manpower, reducing production costs, taking over unattractive (risky, heavy, and dirty) jobs and reducing the burden of food production on the environment. In spite of these promises, however, AI robots for agri-food also give rise to ethical questions and concerns, which have been little researched and discussed until now. To fill this gap, we developed a research agenda for future research in this area. To do this, we opened our analysis to focus on ethics AI robots generally to specifically identify which of these issues are most relevant to agro-robots. The question we want to find an answer to is: what are the most relevant ethical questions raised about AI robots for robots developed for the agri-food sector? And which questions are not mentioned in the literature, which are particularly relevant for agro-robots? Our paper will provide an overview over the key issues and areas which deserve further elaboration to come to a more mature ethics of AI agro-robots.

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These last years, the development of AI robots for agriculture, livestock farming and food processing industries is rapidly increasing. These robots are expected to help produce and deliver food more efficiently for a growing human population, but they also raise societal and ethical questions. As the type of questions raised by these AI robots in society have been rarely empirically explored, we engaged in four case studies focussing on four types of AI robots for agri-food ‘in the making’: manure collectors, weeding robots, harvesting robots and food processing robots which select and package fruits, vegetables and meats. Based on qualitative interviews with 33 experts engaged in the development or implementation of these four types of robots, this article provides a broad and varied exploration of the values that play a role in their evaluation and the ethical questions that they raise. Compared to the recently published literature reviews mapping the ethical questions related to AI robots in agri-food, we conclude that stakeholders in our case studies primarily adopt a relational perspective to the value of AI robots and to finding a solution to the ethical questions. Building on our findings we suggest it is best to seek a distribution of tasks between human beings and robots in agri-food, which helps to realize the most acceptable, good or just collaboration between them in food production or processing that contributes to realizing societal goals and help to respond to the 21 century challenges.

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Arbeid in de toekomst : Inzicht in arbeid en goed werkgeverschap in de tuinbouw

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Identifying key ethical debates for autonomous robots in agri-food: a research agenda

Identifying key ethical debates for autonomous robots in agri-food: a research agenda

Ethical aspects of AI robots for agri-food; a relational approach based on four case studies

Digital twins in agri-food : Societal and ethical themes and questions for further research

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