India, April 25 -- Movies and video games aside, killer robots aren't the norm. Yet autonomous and intelligent systems (A/IS) are poised to transform an array of industries, affecting consumers and workers worldwide. So, there's growing interest in establishing societal and policy guidelines that will enable such systems to become human-centric, focused on serving humanity's values and ethical principles.
An emerging ethically-aligned design movement proposes the development and application of concepts to ensure that future artificial systems will embody, prioritize and operate with human moral principles.
"Most of us would say that operating ethically is about knowing the difference between right and wrong," observed Mark Kirby, chief te...