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22 - Techno Innovations: The Role of Ethical Standards, Law and Regulation, and the Public Interest

from Part IV - Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2019

By
Frank V. Zerunyan
Edited by
Ali E. Abbas
Ali E. Abbas
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
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Summary

Twenty-first-century innovations in the technical fields designed for human consumption and ultimately as daily life necessities such as personal robots, intelligent implants, driverless cars, and drones require innovations in ethical standards, laws and, rules of ethics. Ethical issues around robots and artificial (AI) intelligence, for example, present a new set of challenges about the new capabilities they afford. These capabilities outpace law and policy in ethics. Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk recently warned the governors of the United States that “robots will do everything better than us” and that “AI is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization.” He called for the proactive government regulation of AI, “I think by the time we are reactive in AI regulation, it’s too late” (Domonoske, 2017)

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Next-Generation Ethics
Engineering a Better Society
 , pp. 328 - 342
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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