Ep. 60 - John Sullins, Ph.D. On Robot Ethics

Show Notes

Today, Carla and Tom have a conversation about issues in robot ethics with Sonoma State University philosophy professor John P. Sullins, Ph.D.

• John’s professional background
• John’s writings on Academia.edu
• Noel Sharkey remarks on robot personhood
• Heider and Simmel 1944 experiment with moving shapes
• Carla's Popular Science article
• Kitt from Night Rider
• Recent Uber fatality, implications of human and machine vision
• Man killed by police officers mistakenly believing he had a gun
• IEEE Autonomous System Design Standards document