The ethics of robot servitude

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-54

  Petersen, Stephen ^a  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Computer ethics; Intelligence; Population ethics; Robot ethics; Robot labour; Robot rights; Robotics; Servitude; Slavery

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATION THEORY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; ROBOTS;

COMPUTER ETHICS; POPULATION ETHICS; ROBOT ETHICS; ROBOT LABOR; ROBOT RIGHTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33847283903     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: 13623079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528130601116139     Document Type: Article

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