Nigel Crook

AI, Machine Learning and Moral Machine Blogs

Category: Roboethics

  • Human and Robot Autonomy – Part 2

    Welcome to Part 2 of this series on Human and Robot Autonomy. Part 1 began by identifying the ‘will’ as the source of freedom and autonomy in the human and described its role in relation to other dimensions of the self. It then went on to underlining the point that ‘free will’ is never totally…

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  • Machines Becoming Moral – Part 2

    Ethical Alignment In my book ‘Rise of the Moral Machine: Exploring Virtue Through a Robot’s Eyes‘, I include a short fictional story about a couple (Mr and Mrs Morales) who are in the process of purchasing their first autonomous vehicle. Having chosen the model, the colour and the trim of the car, the last set…

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  • Machines Becoming Moral – Part 1

    Roboethics – Learning from Human Moral Development In the last ten years, the challenge of equipping machines with some form of moral competence has developed into a whole new field of scientific enquiry called Roboethics. Leaving aside for the moment what is motivating this explosion of interest in this subject, a key question for many…

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