ETHICBOTS Kick-off Internal Meeting

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ETHICBOTS Kick-off Internal Meeting

• Guglielmo Tamburrini

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ETHICBOTS

• Emerging Technoethics of Human Interaction with
  Communication, Bionic, and Robotic Systems
• 6th Framework Programme
• Programme Science and Society
• Duration November 1st, 2005 ? October 31st, 2007

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Objectives

• To identify techno-ethical case-studies on the
  basis of a state-of-the-art survey in
  human-machine integration based on Robotics,
  Bionics, and AI for IA
• To identify and analyze techno-ethical issues
  concerning these forms of human-machine
  integration by reference to case-studies
  analysis.
• To establish a techno-ethically aware community
  of researchers, by promoting workshops,
  dissemination, training activities, and the
  construction of an internet knowledge-base
• To generate inputs to EU for techno-ethical
  monitoring, warning, and opinion generation

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Varieties of human-machine integration

• Human-softbot integration AI for information
  communication.
• distributed computing for human assistance
• intelligent agents for information and
  communication management
• edutainment AI
• Human-robot, non-invasive integration Autonomous
  robotics.
• personal and assistance robotics
• edutainment robotics
• warfare application of robotics
• Physical, invasive integration Bionics.
• prosthesis
• enhancement of human sensorimotor capabilities
• ICT implants

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Ethical themes

• Personal integrity and identity
• Responsibility
• Autonomy
• Fair access
• application of precautionary principles, impact
  of human-machine cognitive and affective bonds,
  trust, delegation, accountability, warfare
  applications

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Contributions to standards
shifting attention from limitation to
encouragement, guidance, and promotion of
responsible scientific and technological
research.
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Roadmaps for techno-ethical research

• The Roadmap for Techno-Ethical Research on the
  integration of human beings and artificial
  (hardware/software) entities will take the form
  of a comprehensive document (task 5.4
  deliverable D10).

• It will be based on the charting of extant
  scientific and technological work in robotics,
  bionics, and Artificial Intelligence for
  information and communication systems, on
  projections about near future developments, on
  the triage of techno-ethical issues in view of
  European society objectives, needs, and problems

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Agenda (1/5)
Introduction Introduction Introduction
0900 0915 Guglielmo Tamburrini Welcome and presentation of the agenda Project summary Objectives (Towards a Roadmap for Techno-Ethical Research) WPs, and timeline
0915 0945 David Coles Related EU projects
Consortium Consortium Consortium
Short presentation of each partner. Each partner should present their work on techno-ethical issues or their technological activities which give rise to techno-ethical issues. Short presentation of each partner. Each partner should present their work on techno-ethical issues or their technological activities which give rise to techno-ethical issues.
0945 1000 Guglielmo Tamburrini DSF
1000 1015 Thomas Christaller FhG/AIS
1015 1030 Fiorella Operto SdR
1030 1045 Giovanni Ventimiglia (Alessandro Giordani) IsFA
1045 1100 Kevin Warwick UNIRDG
1100 1115 Coffee break
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Agenda (2/5)
1115 1130 Rafael Capurro (flight cancelled) HdM
1130 1145 Cecilia Laschi SSSA
1145 1200 Edoardo Datteri UNIPI
1200 1215 Satinder Gill UM
Active Workpackages Active Workpackages Active Workpackages
WP2 - Joint analysis of the state of the art in emerging technologies for the integration of human beings and artificial entities WP2 - Joint analysis of the state of the art in emerging technologies for the integration of human beings and artificial entities WP2 - Joint analysis of the state of the art in emerging technologies for the integration of human beings and artificial entities
1215 1245 Thomas Christaller Objectives and description of sub-tasks Contents of the 3 tutorials on technological states of the art Identification of persons in charge for each sub-task Timeline for the first 6 months (dates for reports to be merged into the first deliverable, due at month 7, and dates for internal meetings)
1245 1300 Discussion
1300 1400 Lunch
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Agenda (3/5)
WP1 - Project coordination and management WP1 - Project coordination and management WP1 - Project coordination and management
1400 1430 Guglielmo Tamburrini Structure of project management boards, activities, participants Composition and role of the Coordination Unit timeline of internal meetings for checking if the project is on schedule. Composition and role of the Quality Assurance Board Presentation of templates for deliverables and reports Financial management
1430 1445 Discussion
WP5 Dissemination WP5 Dissemination WP5 Dissemination
1445 1515 Fiorella Operto Objectives and timeline Description of work how to achieve WP5 objectives, description of sub-tasks, identification of persons in charge for each sub-task. Setting up of the Plan for Using and Disseminating Knowledge
1515 1530 Discussion
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WP2 and WP5 organization

• WP2 (on technological states of the art)
• Contents of the 3 tutorials on technological
  states of the art
• Identification of persons in charge for each
  sub-task
• Identification of workgroups for the 3 tutorials
• Important dates
• intermediate internal check (February 2006?)
• first workshop (spring 2006)
• Deliverable D1 (due at month 6)
• WP5 (on dissemination)
• how to achieve WP5 objectives
• identification of persons in charge for each
  sub-task.
• setting up of the Plan for Using and
  Disseminating Knowledge (Deliverable D12, to be
  updated through the lifetime of the project)

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Agenda (4/5)
Forthcoming ETHICBOTS activities Forthcoming ETHICBOTS activities Forthcoming ETHICBOTS activities
1530 1650 Initial discussion about WP3 activities, to be started at month 6 Towards a methodology for techno-ethical issues identification Initial list of techno-ethical issues Talks Sergio Bartolommei (bioethics and techno-ethics) Thomas Christaller (edutainment robotics) Satinder Gill (computer-human interaction) Cecilia Laschi (biomedical robotics) Guglielmo Tamburrini Giovanni Ventimiglia (virtuality) Gianmarco Veruggio (Roboethics) Kevin Warwick (bionics)
1650 1720 Discussion
1720 1740 Coffee break
1740 1800 Internal meeting organization of the Internet-based information system Coordinator Gianmarco Veruggio Structure, contents, implementation.
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Agenda (5/5)
1800 1820 Initial discussion about WP4 Charting international and national techno-ethical regulations Opinion generation for EU and national techno-ethical regulation Talks (10) Rafael Capurro Gianmarco Veruggio
1820 1840 Discussion
1840 1850 Guglielmo Tamburrini Preparation of the first workshop Objectives and organization Venue Talks Internal meetings to be held at the workshop
1850 1930 Discussion
coffee breaks lunch first floor!
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Consortium
1 University Federico II, Naples, Department of Physical Sciences and Department of Computer and Systems Engineering DSF Italy
2 Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous intelligent Systems, Sankt Augustin, FhG/AIS Germany
3 Scuola di Robotica, Genova, SdR Italy
4 Institute of Applied Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Lugano, IsFA Switzerland
5 University of Reading, department of Cybernetics UNIRDG UK
6 Hochschule der Medien University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart HdM Germany
7 LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse CNRS France
8 Scuola Superiore SantAnna, Pisa SSSA Italy
9 University of Pisa, Department of Philosophy UNIPI Italy
10 Middlesex University, Interaction Design Centre, School of Computing, London UM UK