256951 external_news 1385375614 1475893611 <![CDATA[Already Anticipating ‘Terminator’ Ethics]]> A discussion about robots and ethics came during this year’s Humanoids technical conference in October in Atlanta, Ga. At the conference, which focused on the design and application of robots that appear humanlike, Ronald C. Arkin (Interactive Computing) delivered a talk on “How to NOT Build a Terminator,” picking up where Asimov left off with his fourth law of robotics — “A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.”

Source: New York Times

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