Ethics and consciousness in artificial agents

AI and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-521

  Torrance, Steve ^a,b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED SYSTEM; HUMANOID AGENTS; MORAL CONCERNS; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-MAINTENANCE;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 34547231992     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-007-0091-8     Document Type: Article

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