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Are Robots to be Created in Our Own Image? Testing the Ethical Equivalence of Robots and Humans

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This academic paper investigates whether humans hold artificial systems to the same ethical standards as humans, an underlying assumption of artificial morality research. Through a series of survey-based studies assessing acceptable behavior for robots and human caregivers, the authors find little evidence to reject the assumption that people hold robots to the same ethical standards as humans. Consequently, the study concludes that ethical norms governing human-robot interaction can be modeled on existing moral norms regulating human-human interaction.

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SpringerIndustry

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Researchers and academicsGeneral publicAI developers and providers

AI researchers, roboticists, and ethicists should read this to understand whether human-robot interaction can rely on standard human moral norms.

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Research and science · robotics and artificial intelligence researchCross-sector

What the document contains

What's covered

The paper covers empirical survey-based research testing the ethical equivalence of robots and humans in caregiving and interactive contexts. It evaluates how people judge robot versus human behavior to determine if artificial morality systems can rely on human ethical frameworks.

What's missing

The text does not provide binding regulatory frameworks, legal compliance mandates, or formal enforcement mechanisms for robot deployment.

Key takeaways

Research into artificial morality often assumes that humans hold artificial systems to the same ethical standards as humans.
A series of survey-based studies tested this hidden assumption regarding acceptable behavior for robots compared to human caregivers.
The studies found little evidence for rejecting the assumption that people hold artificial systems to the same ethical standards as humans.
The findings suggest that ethical norms for human-robot interaction can safely be modeled on existing human-human moral norms.

Outline

· Abstract
· Introduction
· Methods and Results of Surveys
· Discussion
· Declarations and References

Issued17 December 2022

Length1,757 words

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social_robotics machine_ethics human_robot_interaction artificial_morality normative_ethics