TATIANA SMIRNOVASKOLTECH

Cross-cultural considerations in establishing ethics for neuro-

robot applications

Agenda

Introduction (neuro-robotic systems and ethical approaches)

Attitudes towards roboethics in USA, Japan, and Russia

Emerging issues in roboethics

Conclusions

Neuro-robotic system

Pragmatic approaches to ethics

1) Evaluation by comparison and analogy

2) Examination and reframing of existing evaluations

3) Searching for unarticulated values expressed in cultural patterns and comparing them among cultures

Distrust and fascination with machines having some autonomy or independent intentionality

Societal prohibition against certain kinds of self-enhancement and augmentation

Individual responsibility

New ethical issues

The ethics of deployment of a technology.

The ethics of functional compensation or repair vs. enhancement.

The question of identifying cause, and assigning responsibility, should some harm result from the deployment of neuro-robotic technology.

Conclusions

TATIANA.SMIRNOVA@SKOLKOVOTECH.RU

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