ETHICBOTS Kick-off Internal Meeting Guglielmo Tamburrini

ETHICBOTS Emerging Technoethics of Human Interaction with Communication, Bionic, and Robotic Systems 6th Framework Programme Programme Science and Society Duration: November 1st, 2005  October 31st, 2007

Objectives To identify techno-ethical case-studies on the basis of a state-of-the-art survey in human-machine integration based on Robotics, Bionics, and AI for IA To identify and analyze techno-ethical issues concerning these forms of human-machine integration by reference to case-studies analysis. To establish a techno-ethically aware community of researchers, by promoting workshops, dissemination, training activities, and the construction of an internet knowledge-base To generate inputs to EU for techno-ethical monitoring, warning, and opinion generation

Varieties of human-machine integration Human-softbot integration: AI for information & communication. distributed computing for human assistance intelligent agents for information and communication management edutainment AI Human-robot, non-invasive integration: Autonomous robotics. personal and assistance robotics edutainment robotics warfare application of robotics Physical, invasive integration: Bionics. prosthesis enhancement of human sensorimotor capabilities ICT implants

Ethical themes Personal integrity and identity Responsibility Autonomy Fair access application of precautionary principles, impact of human-machine cognitive and affective bonds, trust, delegation, accountability, warfare applications…

Contributions to standards shifting attention from limitation to encouragement, guidance, and promotion of responsible scientific and technological research.

Roadmaps for techno-ethical research The “Roadmap for Techno-Ethical Research” on the integration of human beings and artificial (hardware/software) entities will take the form of a comprehensive document (task 5.4; deliverable D10). It will be based on the charting of extant scientific and technological work in robotics, bionics, and Artificial Intelligence for information and communication systems, on projections about near future developments, on the triage of techno-ethical issues in view of European society objectives, needs, and problems

Agenda (1/5) Introduction Consortium 09:00 09:15 Guglielmo Tamburrini Welcome and presentation of the agenda Project summary: Objectives (Towards a Roadmap for Techno-Ethical Research) WPs, and timeline 09:45 David Coles Related EU projects Consortium Short presentation of each partner. Each partner should present their work on techno-ethical issues or their technological activities which give rise to techno-ethical issues. 10:00 DSF 10:15 Thomas Christaller FhG/AIS 10:30 Fiorella Operto SdR 10:45 Giovanni Ventimiglia (Alessandro Giordani) IsFA 11:00 Kevin Warwick UNIRDG 11:15 Coffee break

Agenda (2/5) Active Workpackages 11:15 11:30 Rafael Capurro (flight cancelled) HdM 11:45 Cecilia Laschi SSSA 12:00 Edoardo Datteri UNIPI 12:15 Satinder Gill UM Active Workpackages WP2 - Joint analysis of the state of the art in emerging technologies for the integration of human beings and artificial entities 12:15 12:45 Thomas Christaller Objectives and description of sub-tasks Contents of the 3 tutorials on technological states of the art Identification of persons in charge for each sub-task Timeline for the first 6 months (dates for reports to be merged into the first deliverable, due at month 7, and dates for internal meetings) 13:00 Discussion 14:00 Lunch

Agenda (3/5) WP1 - Project coordination and management 14:00 14:30 Guglielmo Tamburrini Structure of project management: boards, activities, participants Composition and role of the Coordination Unit; timeline of internal meetings for checking if the project is on schedule. Composition and role of the Quality Assurance Board Presentation of templates for deliverables and reports Financial management 14:45 Discussion WP5 – Dissemination 15:15 Fiorella Operto Objectives and timeline Description of work: how to achieve WP5 objectives, description of sub-tasks, identification of persons in charge for each sub-task. Setting up of the Plan for Using and Disseminating Knowledge 15:30

WP2 and WP5 organization WP2 (on technological states of the art) Contents of the 3 tutorials on technological states of the art Identification of persons in charge for each sub-task Identification of workgroups for the 3 tutorials Important dates: intermediate internal check (February 2006?) first workshop (spring 2006) Deliverable D1 (due at month 6) WP5 (on dissemination) how to achieve WP5 objectives identification of persons in charge for each sub-task. setting up of the Plan for Using and Disseminating Knowledge (Deliverable D12, to be updated through the lifetime of the project)

Agenda (4/5) Forthcoming ETHICBOTS activities 15:30 16:50 Initial discussion about WP3 activities, to be started at month 6: Towards a methodology for techno-ethical issues identification Initial list of techno-ethical issues Talks : Sergio Bartolommei (bioethics and techno-ethics) Thomas Christaller (edutainment robotics) Satinder Gill (computer-human interaction) Cecilia Laschi (biomedical robotics) Guglielmo Tamburrini Giovanni Ventimiglia (virtuality) Gianmarco Veruggio (Roboethics) Kevin Warwick (bionics) 17:20 Discussion 17:40 Coffee break 18:00 Internal meeting: organization of the Internet-based information system Coordinator: Gianmarco Veruggio Structure, contents, implementation.

Agenda (5/5) coffee breaks & lunch: first floor! 18:00 18:20 Initial discussion about WP4: Charting international and national techno-ethical regulations Opinion generation for EU and national techno-ethical regulation Talks (10’): Rafael Capurro Gianmarco Veruggio 18:20 18:40 Discussion 18:50 Guglielmo Tamburrini Preparation of the first workshop: Objectives and organization Venue Talks Internal meetings to be held at the workshop 19:30 coffee breaks & lunch: first floor!

Consortium 1 University “Federico II”, Naples, Department of Physical Sciences and Department of Computer and Systems Engineering DSF Italy 2 Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous intelligent Systems, Sankt Augustin, FhG/AIS Germany 3 Scuola di Robotica, Genova, SdR 4 Institute of Applied Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Lugano, IsFA Switzerland 5 University of Reading, department of Cybernetics UNIRDG UK 6 Hochschule der Medien University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart HdM 7 LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse CNRS France 8 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa SSSA 9 University of Pisa, Department of Philosophy UNIPI 10 Middlesex University, Interaction Design Centre, School of Computing, London UM