Robo-Ethics

Rafael Capurro ラファエル・カプーロ International Center for Information Ethics

国際情報倫理学研究センターhttp://www.capurro.de/home-jp.html

Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation - University of Tsukuba Joint Symposium

Robo-Ethics and „Mind-Body-Schema“ of Human and Robot Challenges for a Better Quality of Life

University of Tsukuba, JapanJanuary 23, 2015

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A Robot Age

Will robots be widespread in the 21st century similarly to cars in the last century?

How quickly?

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A Robot Age

Will robots be widespread in the 21st century similarly to cars in the last century?

Who will use them?

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A Robot Age

Will robots be widespread in the 21st century similarly to cars in the last century?

For what purposes?

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A Robot Age

Will robots be widespread in the 21st century similarly to cars in the last century?

With what kind of inbuilt rules of behaviour?

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A Robot Age

Will robots be widespread in the 21st century similarly to cars in the last century?

What are the social risks and opportunities?

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A Robot Age

With what consequences for:

• Self-awareness• Everyday life• Working environment• Ecology• Privacy / Publicness• Safety / Security• Surveillance

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Robots and Humans

A world of networked robots

Sharing the world with others

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Robots and Humans

What is a robot? Who are we?

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Robots and Humans

The more computable a being is, the more and the better it is.

Freedom: the capacity to opt for diverse forms of being-in-the-world.

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Robots and Humans

The more computable a being is, the more and the better it is

Feelings open dimensions of being-in-the-world

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Robots and Humans

Being a robot is more and better than being a human

Sharing bodily the world with others

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Robots and Humans

Linear robot time Three-dimensional human (spatial-)temporality

Situation - Ba 場

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Ethics of Care

More subjected to linear time

More free time

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Ethics of Care

Care tends to take the place of the other,

Care opens up a path for the other to care for him or herself.

 a “care for the other” (“Fürsorge”) from one pole in which such “care” tends to take the place of the other, to the other pole that opens up a path for the other to care for him or herself. (

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Ethics of Care

Replacing humans Deplacing humans

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Ethics of Care

Dominating Liberating

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Ethics of Care

Exacerbating capitalism Taming capitalism

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Ethics of Care

Dehumanizing war A-humanizing war?

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Ethics of Care

Algorithms Rules of fair play

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Humans and Robots

What are we in the robot era?

Who are we in the robot era?

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Humans and Robots

Human-Robot interaction Human-Human interplay

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Humans and Robots

Culturally detached view of robots

Cultural embeddedness of humans

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Conclusion

Adapting social ‚immune systems‘ (Sloterdijk) to robots

Adapting robots to social ‚immune systems‘

免疫系（めんえきけい )

(me nekikei)

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Conclusion

Taking care of robots in the robot era

Taking care of each other in the common world

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Conclusion

Self and selfless robots Human self and selflessness

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Conclusion

What are robots?

They are masks of human desire(s)

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Conclusion

Cosima Wagner writes in her book „Robotopia Nipponica. Research on the Acceptance of Robots in Japan“ (2013):

"[...] "social robots" illustrate the "negotiation character of the creation and use of technological artefacts" (Hörning), which for example includes the rejection of military applications of robot technology in Japan.

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Conclusion

On the other hand, as a cultural topos, they mirror dreams, desires and needs of human beings at a certain time and therefore have to be interpreted as political objects as well.

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Conclusion

As a source for a Japanese history of objects "social" robots exemplify the cultural meaning of robots, the expectations of the Japanese state and economy, the mentality of Japanese engineers and scientists

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Conclusion

and last but not least the socio-cultural change, which the ageing Japanese society is about to face.„ (Cosima Wagner, 2013)

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どうも 有難う 御座います

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References

Capurro, Rafael: Medicine 2.0. Reflections on a pathology of the information society. In: Innovation, journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa, Nr 46, June 2013 (Special Issue: Information Ethics, ed. Stephen Mutula) pp. 75-96.

http://www.capurro.de/Medicine2_0.html

Capurro, Rafael: Ethical Aspects of Biometrics. Contribution to Tabula Rasa (FP 7 2011: Trusted Biometrics under Spoofing Attacks, Deliverable D 7.2) (Questions by Andrew P. Rebera)

http://www.capurro.de/biometrics.html

http://www.tabularasa-euproject.org/

Capurro, Rafael: Ethical Aspects of Value Ageing. (Questions by Barry Guihen)(FP 7, 2013)

http://www.capurro.de/value_ageing.html

http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/60667_en.html

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References

Capurro, Rafael: Toward a Comparative Theory of Agents. In: AI & Society, Vol. 27, 4 (2012), 479-488.

http://www.capurro.de/agents.html

Capurro, Rafael: The Quest for Roboethics. Contribution to the Workshop organized by Cybernics, University of Tsukuba (Japan), September 30, 2009. In: Cybernics Technical Reports. Special Issue on Roboethics. University of Tsukuba 2011, 39-59 (CYB-2011-001 -CYB-2011-008 March 2011).

http://www.capurro.de/roboethics_survey.html

Capurro, Rafael: The Quest for Roboethics. In: IEEE ISTAS – International Symposium Technology and Society, Australia 2010. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvB6cYzDkcg Proceedings:

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?reload=true&punumber=5507518

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ReferencesCapurro, Rafael: Toward a comparative theory of agents. In AI & Society, 27, 4 (2012), 479-488.

http://www.capurro.de/agents.html

Capurro, Rafael: Ethics and Robotics. In: Rafael Capurro and Michael Nagenborg: Ethics and Robotics. Heidelberg 2009, 117-123. http://www.capurro.de/ethicsandrobotics.html

http://www.capurro.de/ethicsandrobotics.html

Capurro, Rafael and Nakada, Makoto: An Intercultural Dialogue on Roboethics. In: ibid. (Eds.): The Quest for Information Ethics and Roboethics in East and West. Research Report on trends in information ethics and roboethics in Japan and the West. ReGIS and ICIE, March 31, 2013, pp. 13-22 (ISSN 2187-6061).

http://www.capurro.de/intercultural_roboethics.html

Capurro, Rafael, Eldred, Michael and Nagel, Daniel: Digital Whoness: Identity, Privacy and Freedom in the Cyberworld. Frankfurt 2013.

Capurro, Rafael and Marsiske, Hans-Arthur: Der Moment des Triumphs. E-Mail-Dialog über ein Bild. In: Hans-Arthur Marsiske (Ed.): Kriegsmaschinen - Roboter im Militäreinsatz. Hannover 2012, 11-30.

http://www.capurro.de/kriegsmaschinen.pdf

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References

Capurro, Rafael: Wer ist der Mensch? Überlegungen zu einer vergleichenden Theorie der Agenten. In: Hans-Arthur Marsiske (Ed.): Kriegsmaschinen - Roboter im Militäreinsatz. Hannover 2012, 231-238.

http://www.capurro.de/kriegsmaschinen.pdf

Capurro, Rafael and Nagenborg, Michael (Eds.): Ethics and Robotics. Heidelberg 2009.

ETICA: Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT Applications (FP 7, 2009-2011):Deliverable 3.2 Evaluation Report (M. Rader, ed.)Deliverable 3.2.2 Ethical Evaluation (M. Nageborg, R. Capurro)

http://www.capurro.de/etica_deliv3.2.2.pdf Deliverable 2.2 Normative Issues Report (R. Heersmink, J. van den Hoven, J.

Timmermans)http://www.etica-project.eu/deliverable-files

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References

ETHICBOTS: Emerging Technoethics of Human Interaction with Communication, Bionics and Robotic Systems (FP 6, 2005-2007):

Deliverable 4 : Analysis of national and international EU regulations and Ethical Councils Opinions related with technologies for the integration of human and artificial entities (R. Capurro, M. Nagenborg, J. Weber, Chr. Pingel)

See also: R. Capurro, M. Nagenborg, J. Weber, Chr. Pingel: Ethical Regulations on Robotics in Europe. In: AI & Society, 22 (2008), 349-366.

Deliverable 5 Technoethical Case Studies in Robotics, Bionics, and Related AI Agent Technologies(R. Capurro, G. Tamburrini, J. Weber, eds.)

http://ethicbots.na.infn.it/documents.php

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References

Kimura, T, Nakada, M., Suzuki, K., Sankai, Y. (Eds.): Cybernics Technical Reports. Special Issue on Roboethics. University of Tsukuba, March 2011. CYB-2011-011 – CYB-2011-008.

Nishigaki, Toru: Is a Society of Cohabitation with Robots Possible? In: Toru Nishigaki and Tadashi Takenouchi (Eds.): Information Ethics. The Future of Humanities. Nagoya City 2012, 1-25.

Wagner, Cosima: Robotopia Nipponica – Recherchen zur Akzeptanz von Robotern in Japan. Marburg 2013. http://www.japanologie.uni-frankfurt.de/japlehre/English_abstract_Robotopia_Nipponica_CW.pdf