Consideration on the concept of "responsibility" between autonomous machines and citizenries
Project Outline
While we are expecting that autonomous machines mounting artificial intelligence would make our life convenient, we may be anxious because we hardly identify the one(s) who should take responsibility when autonomous machines cause serious accidents and harm us.
In order to prepare to the coming age of autonomous machines it is necessary for us to design, our project believes, convincing concept of "responsibility", which not only explains social position of the machines, but also has ability to persuade citizens as non-specialists. Therefore, the concept which we seek must be the one which reflects the concept of responsibility which human beings have developed in the history and various culture. Our project, being based on current condition of society and technology, will propose the concept of "responsibility" by considering "what is necessary condition for autonomous machines to be recognized as human being in a society"; this question inheres more fundamental and philosophical question, namely, "what is, or who has, human nature". The answer to the question will provides us appropriate relationship between autonomous machines and citizenries in a society.
Investigators
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Kazuya Matsuura (Principal Investigator) |
Faculty of Letters, Toyo University |
Professor |
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Munechika Itaba |
Department of Foreign Languages, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies |
Associate Professor |
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Kenichiro Imamura |
Department of Education, Aichi University of Education |
Associate Professor |
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Daisuke Okada |
Center for Liberal Arts and Basic Education, Edogawa University |
Associate Professor |
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Takahiro Kato |
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Associate Professor |
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Toru Yaegashi |
Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima Institute of Technology |
Associate Professor |
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Saneyuki Yamatsuta |
International Department, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business |
Associate Professor |
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Akio Kiyozuka |
Faculty of Teacher Education, Shumei University |
Project Researcher |
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Junji Nishino |
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Electro-Communications |
Assistant Professor |
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Felix Jimenez |
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University |
Assistant Professor |
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Ikuo Matsuba |
Faculty of Nursing, Shumei University |
Professor |
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Suguru Matsuyoshi |
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Electro-Communications |
Assistant Professor |
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Koki Arai |
Faculty of Business, Kyoritsu Women's University |
Professor |
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Akiko Arai |
Faculty of Teacher Education, Shumei University |
Associate Professor |
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Hiroyuki Isobe |
Faculty of Teacher Education, Shumei University |
Associate Professor |
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Makoto Usami |
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University |
Professor |
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Nagayoshi Nakazono |
Faculty of Teacher Education, Shumei University |
Full-Time Lecturer |