Gathering Expert Opinions for Social Robots’ Ethical, Legal, and Societal Concerns: Findings from Four International Workshops

• DOI: 10.1007/s12369-019-00605-z
• Publication Date: 2019-11-20T10:03:02Z
• Authors: Eduard Fosch-Vill...; Christoph Lutz; Aurelia Tamò-Larr...
• Keywords: Deliberation; Social robot

Abstract Social robots, those that exhibit personality and communicate with us using high-level dialogue natural cues, will soon be part of our daily lives. In this paper, we gather expert opinions from different international workshops exploring ethical, legal, social (ELS) concerns associated robots. contrast to literature looks at specific challenges, often a certain disciplinary angle, contribution the provides an overview ELS discussions in holistic fashion, shaped by active deliberation multitude experts across four held between 2015 2017 major (ERF, NewFriends, JSAI-isAI). It also explores pathways address identified challenges. Our is line latest European robot regulatory initiatives but covers area research AI governance strategies have scarcely covered. Specifically, highlight challenges use robots user perspective, including issues such as privacy, autonomy, dehumanization interactions; or worker possible replacement jobs through The paper compiles recommendations these deem appropriate mitigate compounding risks. By then contrasting solutions recent strategies, hope inform policy debate set scene for further research.