Expounding on the results of the author.s own state-of-the-art research, Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous
Robots explores how to produce an "artificial conscience" in a new class of robots, humane-oids, which are robots
that can potentially perform more ethically than humans in the battlefield. The author examines the philosophical
basis, motivation, theory, and design recommendations for the implementation of an ethical control and reasoning
system in autonomous robot systems, taking into account the Laws of War and Rules of Engagement.

Features:

* Discusses how robots can ultimately be more humane than humans in the battlefield
* Presents the controversial yet well-received research of the author on embedding ethics into robotic systems
* Addresses the issue of autonomous robots having the potential to make life-or-death decisions
* Provides a well-founded scientific approach, including mathematical formalisms, design recommendations,
prototype architectural implementation, and preliminary results
* Offers the opinions of the public, researchers, policymakers, and military personnel on the use of lethality by
autonomous systems
* Describes examples that illustrate autonomous systems' ethical use of force.

Helping ensure that warfare is conducted justly with the advent of autonomous robots, this book shows that the
first steps toward creating robots that not only conform to international law but outperform human soldiers in
their ethical capacity are within reach in the future.

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