Killer Robot Arms: A Case-Study in Brain-Computer Interfaces and Intentional Acts

摘要

I use a hypothetical case study of a woman who replaces here biological arms with prostheses controlled through a brain-computer interface the explore how a BCI might interpret and misinterpret intentions. I define pre-veto intentions and post-veto intentions and argue that a failure of a BCI to differentiate between the two could lead to some troubling legal and ethical problems.