prof alain winfied How do we trust our robots? A framework for ethical governance

1. How do we trust our robots?
Alan FT Winfield
Bristol Robotics Laboratory
alanwinfield.blogspot.com
Social Robotics and AI
Oxford
15 September 2016
A framework for ethical governance

2. Scientists Behaving Responsibly
a call from the Sunday Times

3. How do we build trust?
• We trust our technology not (just) because it is cool and
convenient, but because of Standards, Safety Certification and
Regulation
• Without transparent and robust governance frameworks
there will be no trust

4. Build on a foundation of ethics
ethics regulationstandards
Emerging standards:
ISO 13482
BS 8611
Tests (NIST)
Emerging Ethics:
Roboethics roadmap (2006)
EPSRC/AHRC principles (2010)
IEEE Global Initiative (2016)
Emerging regulation:
Drones?
Driverless cars?
Assistive robotics?
Projects:
RoboLaw
Winfield, A. F. (2016) Written evidence submitted to the UK Parliamentary Select Committee on Science and
Technology Inquiry on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Discussion Paper. Science and Technology
Committee (Commons), Website. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/29428

5. Scaffolded by
Responsible Research and Innovation
ethics regulationstandards
Responsible
Innovation
Rome declaration on RRI
EPSRC AREA framework
Foundation for Responsible Robotics
Ethical
governance
Bench-
marks
Open science
reproducibility
Verification
& validation
Design
for Safety
Emerging standards:
ISO 13482
BS 8611
Tests (NIST)
Emerging Ethics:
Roboethics roadmap (2006)
EPSRC/AHRC principles (2010)
IEEE Global Initiative (2016)
Emerging regulation:
Drones?
Driverless cars?
Assistive robotics?

6. Regulation needs teeth
ethics regulationstandards
Responsible
Innovation
Ethical
governance
Bench-
marks Verification
& validation
Regulatory Bodies
Rome declaration on RRI
Foundation for Responsible Robotics
Open science
reproducibility
Design
for Safety
Emerging standards:
ISO 13482
BS 8611
Tests (NIST)
Emerging Ethics:
Roboethics roadmap (2006)
EPSRC/AHRC principles (2010)
IEEE Global Initiative (2016)

7. TRUST
Building Public Trust
ethics regulationstandards
Responsible
Innovation
Ethical
governance
Bench-
marks Verification
& validation
Regulatory Bodies
Public
Engagement
Rome declaration on RRI
Foundation for Responsible Robotics
Open science
reproducibility
Emerging standards:
ISO 13482
BS 8611
Tests (NIST)
Emerging Ethics:
Roboethics roadmap (2006)
EPSRC/AHRC principles (2010)
IEEE Global Initiative (2016)

10. Thoughts and Questions
• What kind of governance do we want/need?
• What kind of regulatory bodies?
– An equivalent of the European Aviation Safety Authority
(EASA) for driverless cars..?
• What standards are missing?
• Who’s working on these questions…?
Thank you!
Acknowledgements: FP7 RockEU