Machine Ethics

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The study of machine ethics concerns machines that behave appropriately. The complexity of autonomous agents makes it difficult to specify every possible condition in real-world deployment. Therefore, machine ethics research—especially in formal methods—attempts to mitigate any unethical behaviour or intervene if such agents are about to do something unethical.

Ethics is used because it reflects how humans are expected to behave in society. In this case, we take a general approach and consider different kinds of ethics proposed by ethicists and philosophers. Without a doubt, there are many rules and guidelines implemented within local groups. In specific environments, these rules and guidelines can then become their own form of “ethics”, which every interacting agent (robot or human) is required to follow.