Feb. 6-8 2013 – CICG, Geneva, Switzerland

Harming and Protecting Robots: Can we, should we?

Fri, Feb. 08 2013 - 09:00
  • Entrepreneur at the intersection of media, technology and culture
  • Research Specialist MIT Media Lab, Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center

Private Lounge area behind conference room (level 2)Robotic Dinosaur AbuseRobots act more and more socially, and humans thus get more and more entangled emotionally, ethically and perhaps even legally. The workshop participants will explore the psychology of hurting and killing robots designed to bond with humans. In small groups they will make social experiments, record their reactions and contemplate potential future social and legal norms to deal with seemingly sentient robotic companions.

Check-out the workshop recap video!