People are averse to machines making moral decisions

Do people want autonomous machines making moral decisions? Nine studies suggest that that the answer is ‘no’—in part because machines lack a complete mind. Studies 1–6 find that people are averse to machines making morally-relevant driving, legal, medical, and military decisions, and that this avers...

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Published in:	Cognition Vol. 181; pp. 21 - 34
Main Authors:	Bigman, Yochanan E., Gray, Kurt
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2018 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Acceptability Artificial intelligence Autonomous machines Aversion Decision making Ethics Experts Machinery Medical decision making Medicine Military law Mind perception Moral agency Moral judgment Morality Perceptions Robots Skynet Technology Moral agency Skynet Morality Mind perception Autonomous machines Robots
ISSN:	0010-0277, 1873-7838, 1873-7838
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