Is it OK to kill time? Machines used to find this question difficult to answer, but a new study reveals that Artificial Intelligence can be programmed to judge 'right' from 'wrong'. Published in ...

Semi-autonomous and autonomous machines and robots can become moral machines using annotated decision trees containing ethical assumptions or justifications for interactions with animals.

I live with a robot. Most of the time, it rests silently on its little platform (otherwise known as its home) until I push its belly button (otherwise known as the on/off switch). Then a green light ...

Recent advances in AI have demonstrated two potential threats to companies, governments and humanity in general. The first, as evidenced by Russian bots, is that AI has the propensity to be used for ...

On first glance, a site that collects people’s opinions about whose life an autonomous car should favor doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know. But look closer, and you’ll catch a glimpse of ...

As self-driving cars slowly make their way onto our roads, how will developers help these autonomous vehicles make difficult decisions during accidents? A new MIT project illustrates just how ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More While autonomous cars still face tremendous technical challenges before ...

In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” By that metric, America (and every other nation that gorges itself ...