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Electronic copies of Philosophy conference papers and proceedings.2024-03-18T17:38:07ZThe Artificial Conscience of Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Marketing Ruse or Reality?
http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33160
Title: The Artificial Conscience of Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Marketing Ruse or Reality?
Author(s): Noto La Diega, Guido
Abstract: There are two interwoven trends in cyber-counterterrorism. On the one hand, countries such as Israel and Russia announce the deployment of lethal autonomous weapons. Such weapons constitute the third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear arms. On the other hand, researchers try and embed ethics into the design of these weapons (so-called artificial conscience or "ethics by design"). The contention of this paper is that artificial conscience is a mere marketing ruse aimed at making the deployment of lethal autonomous weapons and other autonomous robots acceptable in society. Whereas there are strong reasons to object to this trend, some solutions to the pitfalls of ethics by design have been presented. However, they do not seem viable in a military context. In particular, the so-called customised-ethics approach is applicable only to commercial and civil machines. When deciding whether to kill 600 civilians in order to hit 14 al-Qaeda leaders, which set of values should be implemented? This is a compelling argument for banning lethal autonomous weapons altogether.2020-05-01T00:00:00ZAnalysing Obstacles and Challenges in Fighting Corruption in Cases of Illegal Investments: How to Bell the Cat?
http://hdl.handle.net/1893/32108
Title: Analysing Obstacles and Challenges in Fighting Corruption in Cases of Illegal Investments: How to Bell the Cat?
Author(s): Yu, Hong-Lin; Olmos Giupponi, Belen
Editor(s): Halmai, Gábor; Lovejoy, Marnie; Mardikian, Lisa
Abstract: First paragraph: Various mechanisms have been devised to address corrupt practices in international trade transactions and investment projects within the broader legal framework for fighting against corruption. Currently, three layers of legislation and practice have been developed. Yet, their suitability and effectiveness are questioned.2021-01-01T00:00:00ZA Bayesian Perspective on Avalanche Decision-Making and the Relevance of Stability tests
http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28040
Title: A Bayesian Perspective on Avalanche Decision-Making and the Relevance of Stability tests
Author(s): Ebert, Philip
Abstract: In this paper, I explore a Bayesian perspective on avalanche decision-making. I motivate this general outlook by introducing a well-known cognitive bias, the base-rate fallacy, and show how a similar pattern applies to decision-making in avalanche-terrain when assessing the relevance of stability tests. I then present three theoretical lessons that emerge from adopting a Bayesian perspective to avalanche decision- making. I conclude by raising numerous challenges for avalanche educators when incorporating the Bayesian perspective into their curriculum and point to future research2018-10-01T00:00:00ZBayes' beacon: avalanche prediction, competence and evidence for competence. Modelling the effect of competent and incompetent predictions of highly improbable events
http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27610
Title: Bayes' beacon: avalanche prediction, competence and evidence for competence. Modelling the effect of competent and incompetent predictions of highly improbable events
Author(s): Ebert, Philip; Photopoulou, Theoni
Abstract: In this paper, we will discuss how competence can affect a person’s ability to avoid avalanches and present a way of modelling such competence. Given that the prior probability of getting caught in avalanches is fairly low for any skier (competent or not), we draw some consequences from the model using Bayes’ theorem for “everyday” situations.2013-01-01T00:00:00Z