Buddhism and Robot Ethics

IEET Executive Director James Hughes thinks Buddhist psychology and cosmology can and should inform the creation and design of AI beings. For one thing, Hughes doesn't believe it's ethical to create self-aware machine minds geared only toward the satisfaction of human needs.

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A discussion of the essay "Compassionate AI and Selfless Robots: A Buddhist Approach" in Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics Patrick Lin, Keith Abney, George A. Bekey eds. 2011. MIT Press.

IEET Executive Director James Hughes thinks Buddhist psychology and cosmology can and should inform the creation and design of AI beings. For one thing, Hughes doesn't believe it's ethical to create self-aware machine minds geared only toward the satisfaction of human needs.