Robotics in Service and the Responsibility to Society

Discusses ways in which scientists and technologies should address the current and future use of artificial intelligence and robotics in the education system as well as its implications for both society and ethical considerations. We should very clearly spell out under what assumptions our technologies will or will not work. We must clarify the range of parameters for which the systems we build will be safe and reliable. Error analysis, robustness, and privacy guarantees should be the standards of such a system's descriptions. Recently, I have observed that we've adopted quite a bit of marketing methodology instead of adhering to scientific clarity and sobriety. In the past, 50 years ago, academic presentations were strictly technical, and marketing was the preserve of business people. Today, perhaps we have gone to another extreme. © 1994-2011 IEEE.