Robotics, AI, and Humanity

1. Introduction, overview and cross cutting conclusions.- SECTION I) FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN AI AND ROBOTICS.- 2. Could a robot be conscious? Lessons from philosophy.- 3. Could a robot be conscious? Lessons from the cognitive neuroscience of consciousness.- 4. Differences between Natural and Artificial Cognitive Systems.- 5. Foundations of artificial intelligence and effective universal induction.- SECTION II) AI AND ROBOTICS CHANGING THE FUTURE OF SOCIETY (WORK, FARMING, SERVICES AND POVERTY).- 6. Robotics and the global organization of production.- 7. AI/robotics implications for poverty and marginalization.- 8. Robotics for sustainable Crop Production.- 9. Robotics and AI for food security and innovation.- 10. Robotics in the classroom. Hopes or threats?.- SECTION III) ROBOTICS, AI, AND MILITARIZED CONFLICT.- 11. Designing robots for the battlefield: state of the art.- 12. Military applications of AI and the relevance of virtue ethics.- 13. The use of AI in cyber war: ethical and regulatory challenges.- 14. AI Winter or AI that Saves the World? - AI and nuclear deterrence.- SECTION IV) AI/ROBOT – HUMAN INTERACTIONS: REGULATORY AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS.- 15. Can Human Beings and AI Robots be Friends?.- 16. Robots and rights.- 17. Human-robot interactions and affecting computing: the ethical implications.- 18. Humans Judged by Machines: the Rise of big data in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate.- 19. mpact of robotics/AI on human relations: the process of hybridization and how to deal with it.- 20. What is it to implement human-robot joint action?.- 21. Unpacking “Responsible robotics”.- 22. Regulating AI: considerations that apply across domains.