The more robots are able to do, the more likely they are to
face decisions that demand a moral perspective. A new grant from the Office of
Naval Research supports work at Tufts University, Brown University, and
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute aimed at giving robots “moral competence.” At
Brown, Bertram Malle is developing a model of moral competence in humans — no
small task, but an essential first step. Malle spoke recently with Kevin
Stacey.