If Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that robots need ethics

Dec 20, 2016

A technician makes adjustments to the "Inmoov" robot from Russia during the "Robot Ball" scientific exhibition in Moscow May 17, 2014. Picture taken May 17, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY) - RTR3PNJ5

It's time to create an ethical framework for artificial intelligence, argues Susan Leigh Anderson. Image: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

Susan Leigh Anderson

Professor Emerita of Philosophy, University of Connecticut

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