The Machine Question

The Machine Question
Cover for The Machine Question: Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots, and Ethics
AuthorDavid J. Gunkel
GenreNon-fiction, philosophy, computer science, ethics
PublisherMIT Press
Publication date
July 13, 2012
Media typePrint (Hardcover & paperback)
Pages270
ISBN0262017431

The Machine Question: Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots, and Ethics is a 2012 nonfiction book by David J. Gunkel that discusses the evolution of the theory of human ethical responsibilities toward non-human things and to what extent intelligent, autonomous machines can be considered to have legitimate moral responsibilities and what legitimate claims to moral consideration they can hold. The book was awarded as the 2012 Best Single Authored Book by the Communication Ethics Division of the National Communication Association.[1]