Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

The Martens Clause of 1977 states the banning of weapons that violate the “principles of humanity and the dictates of public conscience,” explains that we as human beings having obviously disregarded this clause because of the advancements that have taken place in terms of Artificial Intelligence. If we are getting more and more technologically advanced as time goes on, we would have to change this clause in order for there to be a legality aspect that allows humans to reach new heights of technology without a roadblock. Furthermore, the fact that robots could have the potential knowledge to eliminate a person for a certain type of behavior sounds great and all. However, what if it happens to murder someone just because that individual showed signs of a certain trait the robot looks for, “Despite the limits imposed by physics, one can expect platforms deployed in the millions, the agility and lethality of which will leave humans utterly defenseless.” This is something that we as a human species should not want. Where do we go from there if the robot chooses to terminate the person? Who’s to blame for that, the creator or the robot? This is why complete human control is necessary on robots. One wrong move while constructing these robots and we have a large problem. I feel as though each individual that took part in this article has different views towards Artificial Intelligence. Each is towards a world where Artificial Intelligence can be a helping hand towards humans. They believe that it would be such a beneficial experience for us. We shouldn’t be shying away from the argument of bringing in robots, yet we should be able to realize the prosperity that comes along with robots. The two movies that immediately popped up into my mind when reading this article were Big Hero 6 and Robots, the 2005 film. Each presents robot sin their own way, yet the most relevant one would be Big Hero 6. Each robot movie shows the good that robots can do, but they never show the side where something goes wrong and catastrophic things occur. I would be all for a world where we have robots like Big Hero 6, but that’s just not the case in our society. We would have to evaluate the idealism towards making a robot. The good and the bad that could go into the experiment is important knowing if it would be worth creating robots. In all, I think that as time goes on, our scientific knowledge will continue to grow substantially; therefore, we will definitely be able to create a robot that only has good intentions for humanity.