A Roboticist's Guide to the Engineering Ethics of Job Automation
Department
Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2023
Abstract
There is concern about robots taking people’s jobs. Advances in automation risk bringing material and psychological harm to workers, so it is important to study the ethics of this engineering discipline. Existing work focuses on either policy to ameliorate workers’ income loss or the effects of losing agency. What is missing is a guide to help automation engineers and roboticists evaluate their moral responsibilities. This article addresses that gap by providing some motivation for these practitioners to consider the ethics of job obsolescence and tools to evaluate relevant professional choices.
Journal Title
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Journal ISSN
02780097
Volume
42
Issue
1
First Page
65
Last Page
74
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1109/MTS.2023.3244568
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