Unpredictable robots elicit responsibility attributions

Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Apr 5:46:e30. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22001546.

Abstract

Do people hold robots responsible for their actions? While Clark and Fischer present a useful framework for interpreting social robots, we argue that they fail to account for people's willingness to assign responsibility to robots in certain contexts, such as when a robot performs actions not predictable by its user or programmer.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Behavior*
  • Conscience
  • Emotions
  • Humans
  • Models, Psychological*
  • Robotics* / ethics
  • Robotics* / methods