There's no doubt about it, with all new technology, ethical questions will be raised.
There was a time the horse and buggy became threatened by the automobile; it went too fast, they scared the horses, someone was going to be killed, was it okay to put humans and animals at risk for the sake of easy travel? Those same ethical questions can be applied to artificial intelligence in the future, twice fold.
Imagine... it's the year is 2710, artificial intelligence has dominated the science world. Now, there is an artificial intelligence equal to man, mentally. Physically he's superior to man. From outward appearances, they are indistinguishable from humans, the technology that advanced. They have gained consciousness and exist to serve mankind, like slaves.
The ethical question is, will we use artificial intelligence for good or for evil. Will we use them in the military? Is it ethical to build an artificial human with it's own conscience to protect us? Could their conscience allow them to kill humans, their creators?
We will have to careful when developing artificial intelligence and make sure it benefits mankind before we learn that it could harm us. That's why artificial intelligence has to follow Asimov's, Law of Robotics. Isaac Asimov was a novelist. His robots did not revolt.
Asimov's Law of Robotics
1. A robot cannot injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey all orders except when any such order conflicts with order #1.
3. A robot must protect itself except when it conflicts with orders #1 and #2.
Artificial intelligence may one day become equal to humans, but if we follow the Law of Robotics then they will never be able to become our enemy, eh?
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