The following link is just another general editorial raising questions/concerns about various roboethics issues – not much is new.
But the article alludes to the possibility that virtual sex and our relationship with online avatars may help us in answering some of the questions regarding sex robots.
A woman in Britain broke up with her husband because she found his avatar (a computerized alter ego) having virtual sex online with someone else’s avatar.
Original Article: Smart robots are on the way.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the visitors to the Roboethics Info Database (aka. tin can thoughts).
Since May 25th, 2008 (the  day I made my first post) this blog has led me to connect with so many people in the field of roboethics.
Now, Google tells me that over 80 people visit the Roboethics Info Database regularly, and they come from 10 different countries covering four different continents: North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. And I feel so privileged to have such a large …

NBC Coverage on Largest Drone Attack

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Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones – Wall Street Journal

On December 17th (Tuesday last week), our sister blog Moral Machines (a really informative and active blog run by the authors of the book Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong) made two posts about US drones.
One was the news about the largest drone attack by the US military (the first embed above), which happened that day – and I quote Moral Machines:
NBC is reporting that more than …

I’ve been posting more military roboethics entries than any other topics. The tag cloud at the bottom of the side bar definitely reflects it. It might be to your surprise to know that this was not done intentionally.
When I am in blogging mode I read up on the RSS’s I have on the side bar (I hope you find them useful) first. Then I move onto Google Readers and skim through almost everything that contains the word ‘robot’. As a result, my posts tend to reflect what is being most …

Most Holocaust movies come packaged in bubble wraps of tragedy.
Some of these films remain one of the most memorable films to us not only because they promote awareness of the events of Holocaust, but also because they remind us what horrid things humans are capable of. “The Boy in Striped Pajamas” is a Holocaust movie.
What kept my mind occupied after the movie were two particular scenes – both of which are related to the use of war technologies.
The movie is about an eight year old German boy, Bruno, who finds a …

I had a very interesting thought today regarding people’s(my) expectations and technology.
Owing to the magical powers of technology, and the constant surprises it brings us via Engadget and other tech information sources, it seems that we have high expectation for what technology can do for us.
I, for one, have enormous and sometimes unrealistic expectations. Whenever I throw my shiny Samsung Yeppi MP3 player into my bag full of random stuff (lip gloss, ball pens, wallet with metal zipper on the outside, heavy books, bottles of drinks, napkins, metal hair clips, …