Six ways to build robots that do humans no harm – tech – 18 November 2008 – New Scientist.

I am not sure why this article slipped through my radar. But this article from New Scientist is a somewhat humorous listing of six ways we could build robots that do humans no harm.

It mentions the authors of the book ‘Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong’. Although this article is not a comprehensive summary of the book, it is a fun read for those of you who may have contemplated the following six solutions to building safe robots:

1. Keep them in low-risk situations

2. Do not give them weapons

3. Give them rules like Asimov’s ‘Three Laws of Robotics’

4. Program robots with principles

5. Educate robots like children

6. Make machines master emotion