Sunday, 16 February 2014

POST 1 Ethics

Ethics


Group work
Automated Law Enforcement 
Stakeholders


Public

1) In this scenario who might benefit and who might suffer?
The government would benefit as they would just have to spend money on the making of the robots instead of giving wages to the police force.
The society would suffer as those who would want to pursue a career in the police force may not be able to no more.



2) Who would hold the power in this scenario?
The programmers would hold the power in this scenario as they have control over the robots programming and functions and as a result they might take advantage of this and use them for personal gain.



3) Could this new technology help to improve or could it worsen the state of society?
It would worsen society because in certain situations such as family violence, it takes communication to sort out a situation like this and robots are just pre-programmed machines that are not able to understand the human mind and heart.



4) Could humanity as we know it change?
Yes because us as a society would lose trust in the police force because the robots wouldn't be able to adjust to certain situations like suicidal people, they wouldn't be able to make the situation better because they are just programmed bots that have no feelings, how could they have the right to take a humans life if they don't know what its like to be a human and have human feelings.


Police

1) In this scenario who might benefit and who might suffer?
In the police point of view they might think it could benefit everyone e.g. themselves(the police), the public, and the government. They also benefit the because they would come to less danger if a situation using force were to arise. But in my opinion I think the public will suffer as we will lose our trust in the police with emotional problems such as family violence and depression, etc.



2) Who would hold the power in this scenario?
The programmers of the robots could hold the power in this scenario because they create the robots and program the way they think. I also believe that the government would hold the power because they could use the programmers to make robots in order to benefit their needs.



3) Could this new technology help to improve or could it worsen the state of society?
It could definitely worsen society. We could lose our trust with police in emotional problems such as depression, family violence, etc. and the people looking for a job in the Police department may not find a job at all.


4) Could humanity as we know it change?
Yes, humanity could change definitely. We will have to think differently when approaching the police for help for emotional situations like depression, suicides, and family violence, etc.


I personally believe that having robots used in the police force would be a bad idea because they do not understand the human feelings and understandings and as a result they will adapt to our environment and special situations.


Alan, Rapi, Kenny, Zephon


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