Sometimes it's hard to be a robot: A call for action on the ethics of abusing artificial agents

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 326-333

  Whitby, Blay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abusive interaction; Ethical design; Robot ethics

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; ROBOTS;

ABUSIVE INTERACTION; ETHICAL DESIGN; ROBOT ETHICS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 43049172266     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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