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Playing the Blame Game with Robots

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2021
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Kneer, M., & Stuart, M. T. (2021). Playing the Blame Game with Robots. 407–411. https://doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3447202

Abstract

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Abstract

Recent research shows - somewhat astonishingly - that people are willing to ascribe moral blame to AI-driven systems when they cause harm [1]-[4]. In this paper, we explore the moral-psychological underpinnings of these findings. Our hypothesis was that the reason why people ascribe moral blame to AI systems is that they consider them capable of entertaining inculpating mental states (what is called mens rea in the law). To explore this hypothesis, we created a scenario in which an AI system runs a risk of poisoning people by using a

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Event Title
HRI '21: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

Event Location

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Event Location
Boulder CO USA

Event Start Date

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Event Start Date
2021-03-08

Event End Date

Event End Date

Event End Date
2021-03-11

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407

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411

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English

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2021-12-29

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9781450382908

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Green

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127 since deposited on 2021-12-29
Acq. date: 2025-11-12

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87 since deposited on 2021-12-29
Acq. date: 2025-11-12

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Kneer, M., & Stuart, M. T. (2021). Playing the Blame Game with Robots. 407–411. https://doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3447202

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