%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:4025985 %A Allen, C. %A Wallach, W. %A Smit, I. %B Intelligent Systems, IEEE %D 2006 %J Intelligent Systems, IEEE %K ai, ethics, machines %N 4 %P 12--17 %R 10.1109/MIS.2006.83 %T Why Machine Ethics? %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2006.83 %V 21 %X Machine ethics isn't merely science fiction; it's a topic that requires serious consideration, given the rapid emergence of increasingly complex autonomous software agents and robots. Machine ethics is an emerging field that seeks to implement moral decision-making faculties in computers and robots. We already have semiautonomous robots and software agents that violate ethical standards as a matter of course. In the case of AI and robotics, fearful scenarios range from the future takeover of humanity by a superior form of AI to the havoc created by endlessly reproducing nanobots

@article{citeulike:4025985, abstract = {Machine ethics isn't merely science fiction; it's a topic that requires serious consideration, given the rapid emergence of increasingly complex autonomous software agents and robots. Machine ethics is an emerging field that seeks to implement moral decision-making faculties in computers and robots. We already have semiautonomous robots and software agents that violate ethical standards as a matter of course. In the case of AI and robotics, fearful scenarios range from the future takeover of humanity by a superior form of AI to the havoc created by endlessly reproducing nanobots}, added-at = {2009-12-11T23:34:46.000+0100}, author = {Allen, C. and Wallach, W. and Smit, I.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25bf386d0c8241899f9d4d793c66d9936/djsaab}, booktitle = {Intelligent Systems, IEEE}, citeulike-article-id = {4025985}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2006.83}, description = {djsaab's CiteULike library 20091211}, doi = {10.1109/MIS.2006.83}, interhash = {203fc08377387672216eb30ec0a79e6b}, intrahash = {5bf386d0c8241899f9d4d793c66d9936}, journal = {Intelligent Systems, IEEE}, keywords = {ai, ethics, machines}, number = 4, pages = {12--17}, posted-at = {2009-02-16 17:07:19}, priority = {4}, timestamp = {2009-12-11T23:34:55.000+0100}, title = {Why Machine Ethics?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2006.83}, volume = 21, year = 2006 }