ABSTRACT
Chapter 10 presents applications of behavioral neuroscience to the development of robots and artificial intelligence. This application represents a lengthy collaboration between computer science and cognitive science. The chapter begins by tackling the question of consciousness, and what it would mean to produce an artificial consciousness. A basic description of neural networks and machine learning models is presented. The chapter outlines the use of living organisms from insects to primates as models for robotic systems, along with the insights into the nervous system that have resulted from this process. A variety of neural interfaces and prosthetics are described, and the ethical implications of this work is discussed. Issues of human-robot interactions are presented, including the "uncanny valley," social robots, and autonomous weapons.
