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 ...

In Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series (my favorite-science fiction books), he made a bold writerly decision. In a genre famous for robots and computers (particularly in the 1960s), Herbert imagined a ...

(Inside Science) -- If your car was in a lethal accident, would you prefer for it to kill one innocent bystander or five? By posing variations of this problem online to volunteers nearly 40 million ...

Morality and artificial intelligence have a contentious, and perhaps even an antagonistic relationship. Yet, artificial intelligence (AI) itself cannot have morality – for it is a machine. However, AI ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. A common fantasy for transportation enthusiasts and technology optimists is for self-driving cars and trucks to form the basis of a safe, ...

Can machines be responsive to moral reasons?; Is machine ethics a feasible way to create morally aligned AI systems?; Can machines provide moral testimony? The formal talks will discuss how and to ...

A self-driving car is crashing on a busy street. Who does it kill? Who does it save? Your answer will be shaped by where you live, says an MIT study.