The empathic care robot: A prototype of responsible research and innovation

Stahl, Bernd Carsten; McBride, Neil; Wakunuma, Kutoma; Flick, Catherine

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.001

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“…Technoethical inquiry into social robots encourages thinking about how we can theorise the moral standing of non-humans (Gunkel, 2017), aids the critical integration of affective elements into robots (Stahl et al, 2014), enriched by the feminist-inspired, contextually-oriented ethics of care (Johansson, 2013;Van Wyberghe, 2016. TR also feeds into responsible research and innovation practices: social robots in caring contexts, like carebots for the elderly, require negotiated ethical deliberation from all stakeholders on their appropriate form, function, role and relationship capabilities if they are to benefit all parties rather than diminish social flourishing (Stahl & Coeckelbergh 2016;Stahl et al, 2014;Van Wynsberghe, 2016.…”

Section: Background: Technoethics Robotics Social Robots and A Potentimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hence, sexbots could be customised to be vulnerable to human mistreatment (Mackenzie, 2014). This paper on sexbots falls within the roboethics strand of technoethics inquiring into artificial moral agents (DeBaets, 2014;Pana, 2012;Sullins, 2009;Wareham, 2013), robotic moral personhood and rights (Allen & Wallach, 2014;Coeckelbergh 2010;Gerdes, 2015;Yampolskiy, 2012), whether specific ethical theories or critical ethical faculties should be operationalized in robots (Abney, 2014;Bringsjord, 2017;Bringsjord & Taylor, 2014;Hughes, 2014;Majot & Yampolskiy, 2014), ethical design (Stahl et al, 2014;Van Wynsberghe 2016, and the optimal roles of specific social robots like carebots (Coeckelbergh, 2012;Stahl & Coeckelbergh, 2016;Van Wysberghe 2013. Social robots are machines placed in situations requiring ethical decisions from robots, designers and users, raising crucial technoethical issues over how to ensure mutually beneficial AI.…”

Section: Background: Technoethics Robotics Social Robots and A Potentimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sexbots

Mackenzie

2018

International Journal of Technoethics

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This article describes how sexbots: sentient, self-aware, feeling artificial moral agents created soon as customised potential sexual/intimate partners provoke crucial questions for technoethics. Coeckelbergh's model of human/robotic relations as co-evolving to their mutual benefit through mutual vulnerability is applied to sexbots. As sexbots have a sustainable claim to moral standing, benefits and vulnerabilities inherent in human/sexbots relations must be identified and addressed for both parties. Humans' and sexbots' vulnerabilities are explored, drawing on the philosophy and social science of dehumanisation and inclusion/exclusion. This article argues humans as creators owe a duty of care to sentient beings they create. Responsible innovation practices involving stakeholders debating ethicolegal conundrums pertaining to human duties to sexbots, and sexbots' putative interests, rights and responsibilities are essential. These validate the legal recognition of sexbots, the protection of their interests through regulatory oversight and ethical limitations on customisation which must be put in place.

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Section: Background: Technoethics Robotics Social Robots and A Potentimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Background: Technoethics Robotics Social Robots and A Potentimentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexbots

Mackenzie

2018

International Journal of Technoethics

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“…There are various ways in which one might approach asking these questions [cf. 19,20]. We feel this design-fiction orientated approach has some distinguishing factors.…”

Section: Ethics and The Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

Operationalising design fiction for ethical computing

Lindley

Sharma

2016

SIGCAS Comput. Soc.

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Design fiction is a type of speculative design, where story worlds are crafted to then be used as a canvas upon which so-called diegetic prototypes can be sketched [9]. Because these prototypes exist only within story worlds they are not constrained by currently available technology; because of this design fictions are excellent means to open up space for critical conversations about the future [2,6]. This project experiments with using design fiction as a novel way to explore the complexities of technology and ethics. We focus on one specific case to demonstrate the method we adopted, however the contribution is general in nature and may be applicable to other cases too. The work consists of two parts, this paper and a 'design fiction documentary' film, 'Care for a Robot' [12]. The paper and film are intended to be viewed together.

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“…The term "Responsible Research and Innovation" (RRI), while increasingly popular over the past decade [6][7][8][9][10], is conceptually underdeveloped and inconsistently applied [11]. According to the European Commission (EC), the RRI approach should be a key part of the research and innovation process and should be established as a collective, inclusive and system wide approach.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%