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South Korea Drafting Ethical Code for Robotic Age

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the think-of-the-robots dept.

goldaryn writes "The BBC is reporting that the South Korean government is working on an ethical code for human/robot relations, 'to prevent humans abusing robots, and vice versa'. The article describes the creation of the Robot Ethics Charter, which 'will cover standards for users and manufacturers and will be released later in 2007. [...] It is being put together by a five member team of experts that includes futurists and a science fiction writer.'"

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  1. Before anyone else says it... by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who cares if robots get abused?

    *sees Nuremburg tribunal in 50 years*

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  2. Re:Will the next step be "robot rights"? by ubergenius · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If we ever created a truly sentient robot, it would have to be given rights. That's not debatable.

    What is debatable is, when do we know a robot is sentient? We barely have a definition for sentience, much less a method for identifying it's existence in a machine. Until we figure that out, it will be near impossible to tell if a robot is sentient or just really well programmed.

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