Who’s Afraid of Robots?: Fear of Automation and the Ideal of Direct Control

Ezio Di Nucci; Filippo Santoni de Sio

Who’s Afraid of Robots? Fear of Automation and the Ideal of Direct Control

Ezio Di Nucci, Filippo Santoni de Sio

Abstract

We argue that lack of direct and conscious control is not, in principle, a reason to be afraid of machines in general and robots in particular: in order to articulate the ethical and political risks of increasing automation one must, therefore, tackle the difficult task of precisely delineating the theoretical and practical limits of sustainable delegation to robots.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Roboethics in Film
Editors	Fiorella Battaglia, Natalie Weidenfeld
Number of pages	18
Place of Publication	Pisa
Publisher	Pisa University Press
Publication date	2014
Pages	127-144
ISBN (Print)	9788867414901
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Roboethics in film - Münich, Germany Duration: 28 Feb 2014 → …

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Conference	Roboethics in film
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Münich
Period	28/02/2014 → …

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Di Nucci, E & Santoni de Sio, F 2014, Who’s Afraid of Robots? Fear of Automation and the Ideal of Direct Control. in F Battaglia & N Weidenfeld (eds), Roboethics in Film. Pisa University Press, Pisa, pp. 127-144, Roboethics in film, Münich, Germany, 28/02/2014. <http://www.pisauniversitypress.it/scheda-libro/autori-vari/roboethics-in-film-9788867414338-230119.html#dettaglio_descrizione#dettaglio_descrizione>

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