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Robotics.

Response Paper First Draft Due: Monday, February 9”’ Final Draft Due: Monday, February 23rd Write an essay in response to Noel Sharkey ’s “The Ethical Frontiers of

Robotics. ” This assignment asks you to relate your own ideas to those in Sharkey ’s article. To successfully complete this writing task, you must draw on information

from both the text and your personal experiences. Do not assume that your audience has read “The Ethical Frontiers of Robotics. Here are some questions to consider

when developing your personal response to the text. You do not need to answer the questions in order, and you DO NOT need to answer all of these questions in your

paper. 9 How do the ideas in the text connect with my own life? What associations can I make? 9 What experiences have I had that relate to the text? What experiences

might I have in the future? 9 What images does the text create in my mind? 9 Am I drawn to particular words, phrases, or sentences? 9 Is there anything in the text

that I agree with, reject, or wonder about? 9 Does the text contain ideas that lead me to speculate, reflect, or make predictions? 9 What else in the text do I relate

to? Organization of Content: Introductory Section Your introductory section should include the following information: w. 1) Identification of the text and author 2)

Short summary of the text 3) Thesis Statement-your overall reaction to the text Response Sectibn Your body paragraphs should include 3-4 ideas from Sharkey’s text

along with your response to each of these points. One possible organizational strategy is the following: Idea One: a. Sharkey’s idea b. Explain his position with

information from the text c. Your response to Sharkey’s idea (1. Explain your position with personal experience, beliefs, etc. Repeat pattern for next 2-3 ideas.

Remember that you can use more than one paragraph to fully explain and respond to one of Sharkey’s points. Conclusion Restate your perspective on Sharkey’s ideas and

remind readers of your thesis. 4 kSee pages 38-3 9 in Writing in the Disciplines for information on how to convert your informal (in class) response into a formal

response essay. See pages 4 0-41 in Writing in the Disciplines and pages 45-46 in Keys for Writers for sample response essays.

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Response Paper
First Draft Due: Monday, February 9th
Final Draft Due: Monday, February 23rd
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Write an essay in response to Noel Sharkey ‘s “The Ethical Frontiers of Robotics. ” This assignment asks you to
relate your own ideas to those in Sharkey’s article. To successfully complete this writing task, you must draw on
information from both the text and your personal experiences. Do not assume that your audience has read “The
Ethical Frontiers of Robotics. ”
Here are some questions to consider when developing your personal response to the text. You do not need to
answer the questions in order, and you DO NOT need to answer all of these questions in your paper.
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How do the ideas in the text connect with my own life? What associations can I make?
What experiences have I had that relate to the text? What experiences might I have in the future?
What images does the text create in my mind?
Am I drawn to particular words, phrases, or sentences?
Is there anything in the text that I agree with, reject, or wonder about?
Does the text contain ideas that lead me to speculate, reflect, or make predictions?
What else in the text do I relate to?
Organization of Content:
Introductory Section
Your introductory section should include the following information:
1) Identification of the text and author
2) Short summary of the text
3) Thesis Statement-your overall reaction to the text
Response Section
Your body paragraphs should include 3-4 ideas from Sharkey’s text along with your response to each of
these points.
One possible organizational strategy is the following:
Idea One:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sharkey’s idea
Explain his position with information from the text
Your response to Sharkey’s idea
Explain your position with personal experience, beliefs, etc.
Repeat pattern for next 2-3 ideas. Remember that you can use more than one paragraph to fully explain
and respond to one ofSharkey’s points.
Conclusion
Restate your perspective on Sharkey’s ideas and remind readers of your thesis.
‘–.._)See pages 38-39 in Writing in the Disciplines for information on how to convert your informal (in class)
response into a formal response essay.
*See pages 40-41 in Writing in the Disciplines and pages 45-46 in Keys for Writers for sample response essays.

WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
Y; I ‘ Shaw-Garlock draws distinctions between Breazeal’s Kismet robot and Hiroshi
If Ishiguro’s Repliée robot.
l 1. In a 500-word essay, write a critical response to Shaw-Garlock’s description of Breazeal’s
[i Kismet robot. How accurately does Shaw-Garlock describe it? How sympathetic is she to V
Breazeal’s aims? How might Breazeal criticize Shaw-Garlock’s aims?
I ‘ 2. In a 500-word essay, write a critical response to Shaw-Garlock’s description of Hiroshi
L l i Ishguro’s Repliée robot. How accurately does Shaw-Garlock describe it? How sympathetic is
ll} ‘3 – a, she to Hiroshi Ishiguro’s aims? How might Hiroshi Ishiguro criticize Shaw-Garlock’s aims?
1’ fit In a 1,000-word essay that draws upon Shaw-Garlock’s discussion of Eastern and Western
cultural differences (paragraphs 23-31), write an argument-synthesis that attempts to
define criteria for acceptable tasks that affective robots might perform in our society while
n interacting with human beings. For example, might the work of robots be limited to
l _ ‘ routine, mechanized tasks, or might it cross the line into sharing companionable feelings
m I and emotions with human beings?
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l_ S“ The Ethical Frontiers of Robotics
Noel Sharkey
Noel Sharkey is a professor of computer science at the University ofSheffield in England. He appears
fiequenfly on British television and radio as an expert on robot science and techno games.
l’ ’5 ‘ PREREADING
I. Would you entrust the care of aging relatives to industrial robots? If you were a parent. would
you entrust the care of young children to robots? Do you think the military should deploy
autonomous robot weaponry? Freewrite for ten minutes on reasons why you would or would
not approve of using robots for these purposes.
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9m obots have been used 1n laboratorles and factorles for many years, but therr uses 1
l are changing fast. Since the turn of the century, sales of professional and personal service
I robots have risen sharply and are estimated to total ~55 million in 2008. This number,
which far outstrips the 1 million operational industIial robots on the planet, is estimated
l ‘ to reach 11.5 million by 2011 (1). Service robots are good at dull, dangerous, and dirty
work, such as cleaning sewers or windows and performing domestic duties in the home.
They harvest fruit, pump gasoline, assist doctors and surgeons, dispose of bombs, and even
I entertain us. Yet the use of service robots poses unanticipated risks and ethical problems.
Sharkey, Noel. “The Ethical Frontiers of Robotics.” Science 322.5909 (19 Dec. 2008): 1800-01.
I} Web. 3 Sept. 2010. <hfip://www.sciencemag.org> Reprinted with permission from AAAS.
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