Mostly, but not exclusively, about robots
About 5 years ago we proposed that all robots should be fitted with the robot equivalent of an aircraft Flight Data Recorder to continuously record sensor and relevant internal status data. We call this an ethical black box (EBB) . We argued that an ethical black box will play a key role in the processes of discovering why and how a robot caused an accident , and thus an essential part of establishing accountability and responsibility. Since then, within the RoboTIPS project, we have developed and tested se
And why should it be an Open Standard? Bruce Perens, author of The Open Source Definition , outlines a number of criteria an open standard must satisfy, including: