Exploring and explicating various ethical concepts, principles and issues are only the starting point when it comes to ethical engineering. Empowering engineers, computer scientists, data scientists (and other technologists) to engage in meaningful ethical design requires providing the practical tools and techniques to bring those ethical aspects of technology into the design room. At CRAiEDL, we are researching various tools and frameworks to support responsible innovation in robotics and AI. Whether it’s Metaphor Hacking, Ethics Settings, Value Maps, or Social Failure Mode Analysis, the tools we are developing are intended to deeply integrate ethical considerations in the design process.
Publications
- Millar, J. (2020). “Social Failure Modes in Technology and the Ethics of AI: An Engineering Perspective.” In Markus Dubber, Frank Pasquale and Sunit Das (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI. (NY: Oxford University Press):431-449.
- Millar, J., Paz, D. Thornton, S.M., Parisi, C., Gerdes, C. (2020). “A Framework for Addressing Ethical Considerations in the Engineering of Automated Vehicles (and Other Technologies).” Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN 2020 Conference. (Cambridge University Press):1485-1494.
- Millar, J. (2017). “Ethics Setting for Autonomous Vehicles.” In P. Lin, R. Jenkins, K. Abney & G.A. Bekey (Eds.) Robot Ethics 2.0. (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
- Jones, M., Millar, J. (2017). “Hacking Metaphors in the Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technology: The Case of Regulating Robots.” In R. Brownsword, E. Scotford & K. Yeung (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook on the Law and Regulation of Technology. (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
- Millar, J. (2016). “An Ethics Evaluation Tool for Automating Ethical Decision-Making in Robots and Self-Driving Cars.” Applied Artificial Intelligence 30(8):787-809.