AIs could debate whether a smart assistant should snitch on you

A digital assistant and a person

Can machines have morals?

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If a smart home detects the unmistakable whiff of cannabis smoke in a teenager’s bedroom, should it tell their parents? Or even the police?

Situations like this are on the horizon with digital assistants, like Amazon Echo or Google Home, making it into many people’s homes. One proposal for reaching resolutions is that a handful of artificially intelligent bots should debate the possibilities before reaching a decision.

The moral AIs each represent one of the stakeholders, such as the owner of the device, the …

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source: newscientist.com