Aaron gave an outstanding interactive lecture on ethics and robotics in our class today. Here are theh slides:

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The result of our discussion on Moravec, Kurzweil, Pearce, and the singularity.

A game we played in class, on prospective head lines on future robotic technologies that would call for interference across the cultural boundaries, revisit a scenario similar to Cold fusion of 1989!

Generated from our discussion centered around A Survey of the Robotics Ethical Landscape.

*My status is 'reader' on readings&discussions session so I'm posting here. Please move this post into 'Gieryn2:Cultural Boundaries of Science' later. Thanks!*

Cold fusion is an amazing energy solution but unfortunately, no one could have proved its credibility yet. When it was announced first time, mass-media and politicians were excited about its promising future and the public wanted to believe that it's going to be real soon. However, it didn't take a long time that scientists and physicists announce its falsity. This case shows how the boundary of a scientific activity(or work) could be flexible across multiple distinction such as religious, social and cultural space. 

This is a map how I see Cold fusion had been floating between two different spaces - cultural and physical, and what has influenced its directions.