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Machine Ethics - Is It Just Normative Multi-agent Systems?

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Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XIV (COINE 2021)

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Abstract

Researchers from normative multi-agent systems increasingly find familiar questions being asked but now in a field called machine ethics. I the invited talk I introduced machine ethics and focused on some overlapping topics of interest for the both field. This extended abstract offers a highlight on where these two fields overlap, where they differ, but foremost why pursuing advancements in both has a direct impact on society today.

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Notes

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer.

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    https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-folly-of-trolleys-ethical-challenges-and-autonomous-vehicles/.

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    https://www.moralmachine.net/.

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    https://www.economist.com/open-future/2020/01/17/digital-disinformation-is-destroying-society-but-we-can-fight-back.

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    https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/twitter-content-warning-feature-lets-users-avoid-posts-they-dont-want-to-see/articleshow/89885837.cms.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/30/elon-musk-why-44bn-vision-for-twitter-could-fall-apart.

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Slavkovik, M. (2022). Machine Ethics - Is It Just Normative Multi-agent Systems?. In: Theodorou, A., Nieves, J.C., De Vos, M. (eds) Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XIV. COINE 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13239. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16617-4_1

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