We’re about to see the first generation of robots working alongside humans in the real world, where they will be faced with moral conflicts. It’s almost impossible to devise a complex system of ‘if, then, else’ rules that cover all possible situations, says Matthias Scheutz, a computer science professor at Tufts University. Instead, Scheutz is trying to design robot brains that can reason through a moral decision the way a human would. His team, which recently received a $7.5 million grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is planning an in-depth survey to analyze what people think about when they make a moral choice.
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