ECE 2750 - Ethical Issues in Intelligent Autonomous Systems

(crosslisted) ENGRG 2750, INFO 2750, STS 2751

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: a Freshman Writing Seminar.

P. Doing.

As technologies and algorithms that can autonomously take in information, make decisions, and act on those decisions become more and more prevalent, questions arise as to the moral and ethical aspects of their interactions with people and society. What are the philosophical foundations for a new Robot Ethics? Topics covered include social and therapeutic robotics, search and rescue, surveillance, military decision making, financial markets, robot artists, robot scientists, automation, medical robotics, policing, robot smog, and attention dilution.