Security in IoT

3 Machine Ethics Aspects in the Internet of Things

EWA ŁUKASIK

Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

Contents

• 3.1Introduction
• 3.2Core Concepts
  • 3.2.1Machine Ethics
  • 3.2.2From the Internet of Things to Agents of Things
• 3.3Ethical Systems for AI
• 3.4Ethical Issues Related to the IoT
  • 3.4.1Current Perception of the IoT
  • 3.4.2Morally Relevant Aspects of the IoT
• 3.5Machine Ethics Promoting Initiatives
• 3.6Conclusions
• References

3.1Introduction

The term Machine Ethics (ME) still seems overstated for engineers and even threatening for ordinary people. In the best cases, it is associated with philosophy, if not with science fiction novels. The term was born on the junction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and philosophy [2–4]. It became ...