STUDIO 1 - SINGULARITY
An immersive VR experience that aims to question morals and ethics.
ABOUT THE PROJECT -
The aim of this study is to develop insight into the approaching technological ‘Singularity’ and what the public’s initial opinion would be surrounding scenarios involving Self-Driving cars, where the users morals and ethics would be questioned.
In each a scenario there would be a situation involving a number of different factors which would affect how the user decides their choice.
An example of a scenario would be similar to the well-known “Trolley Problem” where a Tram is about to hit five people, but you have the option to pull a lever and set the tram to hit one person.
What I mean by Technological Singularity is that in the near future technology will reach the point where it will suddenly evolve so quickly it will bring changes to humanity we cannot even think of. Artificial Intelligence I will be something that is commonplace in this society and if we are to be prepared for these changes we must carry out research into how developers might program AI to make tough ethical and moral decisions.
That is why gathering data surrounding what the public thinks an AI system should do is so important. Future developers can use this information to properly program their AI so that they make the best possible decisions.
Not all of AI developers attention should be put of technological aspects though. Morals and Ethics need to considered as they will be a key part of making an intelligent AI that can think and act for itself.
The reason why I decided to do Virtual Reality was because of the fact that I want results that are driven by emotion. These results can then used as reliable sources of evidence that give peoples real opinion and choices surrounding what AI should choose when it comes to tough Ethical and Moral decisions.
The goal for the final result of this project was to deliver an initial menu screen which can be viewed in Virtual Reality. I have delivered both an interactive 360 image and a 360 image that can be viewed in VR.
The aim of this study is to develop insight into the approaching technological ‘Singularity’ and what the public’s initial opinion would be surrounding scenarios involving Self-Driving cars, where the users morals and ethics would be questioned.
In each a scenario there would be a situation involving a number of different factors which would affect how the user decides their choice.
An example of a scenario would be similar to the well-known “Trolley Problem” where a Tram is about to hit five people, but you have the option to pull a lever and set the tram to hit one person.
What I mean by Technological Singularity is that in the near future technology will reach the point where it will suddenly evolve so quickly it will bring changes to humanity we cannot even think of. Artificial Intelligence I will be something that is commonplace in this society and if we are to be prepared for these changes we must carry out research into how developers might program AI to make tough ethical and moral decisions.
That is why gathering data surrounding what the public thinks an AI system should do is so important. Future developers can use this information to properly program their AI so that they make the best possible decisions.
Not all of AI developers attention should be put of technological aspects though. Morals and Ethics need to considered as they will be a key part of making an intelligent AI that can think and act for itself.
The reason why I decided to do Virtual Reality was because of the fact that I want results that are driven by emotion. These results can then used as reliable sources of evidence that give peoples real opinion and choices surrounding what AI should choose when it comes to tough Ethical and Moral decisions.
The goal for the final result of this project was to deliver an initial menu screen which can be viewed in Virtual Reality. I have delivered both an interactive 360 image and a 360 image that can be viewed in VR.