<div><div><div><p>Is it ethical for robots to lie to us?&nbsp;</p><p>Edinburgh philosopher Alistair Isaac thinks so! He argues that robots need to be able to lie to us in order to interact better with humans.</p><p>Science communications student Alex Perry talks to Dr Alistair Isaac about his recent paper published in the book <i>Robot Ethics 2.0</i>.</p><p>Related links:<br></p><p>Alistair Isaac:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/alistair-isaac">https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/alistair-isaac</a></p><p>Gizmodo article - Why we'll eventually want our robots to deceive&nbsp;us:<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://gizmodo.com/why-well-eventually-want-our-robots-to-deceive-us-1819114004">https://gizmodo.com/why-well-eventually-want-our-robots-to-deceive-us-1819114004</a></p></div></div></div>

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