| Post: | Lecturer in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence |
| Other posts: | Lecturer in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (COGS Research) |
| Location: | Pevensey 3 |
| Email: | blayw@sussex.ac.uk |
| Personal homepage | |
| Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 8853 or 8195 |
| UK: | (01273) 678853 or (01273) 678195 |
| International: | +44 1273 678853 or +44 1273 678195 |
Research
The social and ethical implications of computing and AI form the core of my research interests. I'm keen to encourage people in computing and AI to take a more professional and responsible attitude to their work and/or research. An important part of this involves developing applications for new technologies such as multimedia and virtual reality which are socially beneficial. I'm also interested in both the technical and philosophical questions raised by applications of AI in the area of morality. I also have a keen interest in aviation and aviation research issues.
Teaching
Details of my teaching are available at http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/blayw/courses.htmlSelected publications
2010
Enactive Dialectics in Leonardo, Awaiting Publication
Whitby,B.R. (2010) On Computable Morality Anderson S. and Anderson M, ed., in Machine Ethics Cambridge University Press, Awaiting Publication
2009
Beliefs, Learning, and Embodied Experience in British Psychological Society, Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section, Oxford University
The Institute of Unnecessary Research: public engagement in science through art and performance. in Fourth Annual Science and the Public Conference, University of Brighton
2008
A.I. A Beginner’s Guide, 2nd edition. Oxford: OneWorld Publications
Sometimes it’s hard to be a robot: A call for action on the ethics of abusing artificial agents Elsevier, ed., in Interacting with Computers Volume 20 pp. 326-333
Time to wake up? BCS, ed., in IT Now Volume 50 pp. 8-9
2007
Computing Machinery and Morality in AI and Society, Awaiting Publication
2006
More or less human-like? Ethical issues in human-robot interaction in Ethics of Human Interaction with Robotic, Bionic, and AI Systems - Concepts and Policies Naples, Italy: ETHICBOTS European Project
2005
Ethical Issues in Human-Robot Interaction in AISB05 Symposium on Robot Companions: Hard Problems and Open Challenges in Robot-Human Interaction University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK: Procedings of the Symposium on Robot Companions: Hard Problems and Open Challenges in Robot-Human Interaction
2003
Artificial Intelligence: A Beginners Guide Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 224 pp. ISBN 1-851-68322-4