Can we Give Drones Conscience?

This talk will explore the technical, social, ethical and legal implications of “drones”, land, sea and air robots, human like conscience.  Technical challenges relating to data collection and processing, reliability of decision making, and safety concerns will be explored. Technical challenges of embedding conscience will be presented, this aspect will explore self-awareness, understanding morality, emotional reasoning, and the limitations of software structures and algorithms. The cognitive and the conative elements and the ability and/or the inability of AI based systems will be examined in the decision-making process.  The talk will address the key question, can we allow the drones to make life and death decisions?

Speaker : Rashid Ali

Rashid Ali has many years of Industrial and academic teaching experience.  Has worked as a consultant for many blue-collar companies in automation and process control.  He employs Project/Problem based learning (PBL) in delivering Aerospace Curriculum.  Over the last 20 years Rashid Ali has built up research interests in the area of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Aircraft Design.   Using PBL approach, under his supervision undergraduates and Postgraduates undertake full UAS design cycle that employs standard conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design reviews.  The activity undertaken in one complete academic year results in the design, prototyping and test flying of many novel UAS.  He is a chartered Engineer (CEng) , a charted IT Professional (CITP),  Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS) and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).   He is also the chair of the newly formed Cybersecurity, Computing and Communications specialist group ,  member of the GA specialist group, and member of the accreditation committee of the RAeS. He is a Fellowship accessor for the BCS, and the Member of the UAS challenge Steering committee of the IMechE.

Timings

19:00 arrival   (light refreshments)
19:30 lecture commences
20:30 lecture finishes (optional Q&A afterwards)
21:00 event closes

Location

University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
A161, Lindop Building, College Lane Campus, University of Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB

Cost

Free for members and non-members

Booking

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Last updated 18th March, 2025 at 11:22pm