Discuss the Future of Autonomous Weapons and Vehicles.
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Question Description
Autonomy: weapons and vehicles
Autonomy is a term of deep ethical significance in philosophy; it is also a marketing term for a variety of consumer and military technologies. This lesson will discuss the ethical dimensions of autonomy in two specific cases: autonomous weapons systems and autonomous vehicles. Your assignment for this lesson is to review the material from lecture and write a normal length post on the ethics of autonomy and AI.
Required readings:
- Roff and Moyes (2016) Meaningful Human Control, Artificial Intelligence, and Autonomous Weapons
- Lin (2016): Why Ethics Matters for Autonomous Cars
Optional readings:
