Robot  Ethics  

Kate  Darling  @grok_  

Robot  ethics  overview  

Robot  ethics  overview  

•  Safety  

Robot  ethics  overview  

•  Safety  •  Privacy  

Robot  ethics  overview  

•  Safety  •  Privacy  •  Social  issues  

Robot  ethics  overview  

•  Safety  •  Privacy  •  Social  issues  

Anthropomorphism  

Don’t run. we are your friends.!

Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin

Original photo Jeff Keyzer

We  respond  to  social  cues  from  lifelike  machines,  even  if  we  know  they  are  

not  real.  

Photo: Sheila Perretta

Photo: Muratec

Photo: Ben Husmann

“We  can  judge  the  heart  of  a  man  by  his  treatment  of  animals”  

“…for  he  who  is  cruel  to  animals  becomes  hard  also  in  his  dealing  with  

men.”  

Final  notes  

•  Planned  experiments  •  Call  for  interdisciplinary  work  

Contact:  kdarling@mit.edu  TwiMer:  @grok_