Ethics and Security Automata: Policy and Technical Challenges of the Robotic Use of Force - Paperback

by Sean Welsh (Author)

An accessible overview of the machine ethics technology likely to be installed in military and police robots and in civilian robots with security functions such as childcare. The author builds upon existing research to define the conditions under which robotic force can and should be used to preserve human security.

Author Biography

Sean Welsh obtained his undergraduate degree in Philosophy at the University of New South Wales and underwent postgraduate study in Robot Ethics at the University of Canterbury. He has worked in extensively in software development for British Telecommunications, Telstra Australia, Volante e-business, Fitch Ratings, James Cook University, 24 Hour Communications and Lumata. He also worked for a short time as a political advisor to Warren Entsch, the Federal Member for Leichhardt in Australia. Sean's articles on robot ethics have appeared in the Conversation, CNN, the Sydney Morning Herald, the New Zealand Herald and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.