Scott Robbins
Biographic Data
| ID | 4503198 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott Robbins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Robbins |
| SIGNATURE | ROBBINS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Delft University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5338-295X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Trade-off worth making
Opponents of digital sovereignty characterize the methods to achieve it as authoritarian, protectionist, and anti-innovation – ultimately leading to digital fragmentation. Digital fragmentation, roughly, is the idea that “the internet is in some danger of splintering into loosely coupled islands of connectivity.” The internet is built on, so the argument goes, the foundation of open accessibility, free movement of data and interoperability. The e…
Stop Saying "AI"
Across academia, industry, and government, “AI” has become central in research and development, regulatory debates, and promises of ever faster and more capable decision-making and action. In numerous domains, especially safety-critical ones, there are significant concerns over how “AI” may affect decision-making, responsibility, or the likelihood of mistakes (to name only a few categories of critique). However, for most critiques, the target is …
What machines shouldn’t do
Meaningful human control (MHC) is increasingly becoming an important topic in AI ethics beyond the domain of autonomous weapons systems. MHC has been conceptualized, analyzed, and applied. However, in this article, I show how all the current attempts at realizing MHC have fallen short because we have not taken the important first step of deciding what machines should and should not be doing in the first place. We must first ensure that the output…
Recommender Systems
This open access book covers ethical and legal foundations of policies on recommender systems and their integration in online eco-systems.
Recommender Systems
Counter-Terrorism, Ethics and Technology
This open access book discusses ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies.
AI and the path to envelopment
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) entering our lives in novel ways—both known and unknown to us—there is both the enhancement of existing ethical issues associated with AI as well as the rise of new ethical issues. There is much focus on opening up the ‘black box’ of modern machine-learning algorithms to understand the reasoning behind their decisions—especially morally salient decisions. However, some applications of AI which are no doubt benefi…
The Value of Transparency
Given recognition of widespread state sponsored surveillance programs, are liberal democracies descending into an Orwellian authoritarian nightmare? The realities of the modern surveillance state instead suggest our worries ought to be about Kafkaesque bureaucratic black holes. In this paper we suggest that authoritarianism can be avoided by liberal democracies if they adhere to processes of ensurance and assurance. Moreover, we argue that both o…
The Value of Transparency
Given recognition of widespread state sponsored surveillance programs, are liberal democracies descending into an Orwellian authoritarian nightmare? The realities of the modern surveillance state instead suggest our worries ought to be about Kafkaesque bureaucratic black holes. In this paper we suggest that authoritarianism can be avoided by liberal democracies if they adhere to processes of ensurance and assurance. Moreover, we argue that both o…
The Value of Transparency
Given recognition of widespread state sponsored surveillance programs, are liberal democracies descending into an Orwellian authoritarian nightmare? The realities of the modern surveillance state instead suggest our worries ought to be about Kafkaesque bureaucratic black holes. In this paper we suggest that authoritarianism can be avoided by liberal democracies if they adhere to processes of ensurance and assurance. Moreover, we argue that both o…
AI and the path to envelopment
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) entering our lives in novel ways—both known and unknown to us—there is both the enhancement of existing ethical issues associated with AI as well as the rise of new ethical issues. There is much focus on opening up the ‘black box’ of modern machine-learning algorithms to understand the reasoning behind their decisions—especially morally salient decisions. However, some applications of AI which are no doubt benefi…
Counter-Terrorism, Ethics and Technology
This open access book discusses ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies.
Recommender Systems
This open access book covers ethical and legal foundations of policies on recommender systems and their integration in online eco-systems.
Recommender Systems
What machines shouldn’t do
Meaningful human control (MHC) is increasingly becoming an important topic in AI ethics beyond the domain of autonomous weapons systems. MHC has been conceptualized, analyzed, and applied. However, in this article, I show how all the current attempts at realizing MHC have fallen short because we have not taken the important first step of deciding what machines should and should not be doing in the first place. We must first ensure that the output…
A Trade-off worth making
Opponents of digital sovereignty characterize the methods to achieve it as authoritarian, protectionist, and anti-innovation – ultimately leading to digital fragmentation. Digital fragmentation, roughly, is the idea that “the internet is in some danger of splintering into loosely coupled islands of connectivity.” The internet is built on, so the argument goes, the foundation of open accessibility, free movement of data and interoperability. The e…
Stop Saying "AI"
Across academia, industry, and government, “AI” has become central in research and development, regulatory debates, and promises of ever faster and more capable decision-making and action. In numerous domains, especially safety-critical ones, there are significant concerns over how “AI” may affect decision-making, responsibility, or the likelihood of mistakes (to name only a few categories of critique). However, for most critiques, the target is …
Computer Science (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works) · Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)