TrustTalk

Trust takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair

TrustTalk

Trust takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair

Artificial Intelligence, Research

What can Robotics and AI teach us about trust?

Severin de Wit - July 14, 2022

Global Cooperation, Sustainability

Trust and Global’s Most Pressing Issues

Severin de Wit - July 5, 2022

Artificial Intelligence, Research

What AI Reveals About Trust in the World’s Largest Companies

Severin de Wit - June 10, 2022

Science

Can we trust Science, or the Scientist?

Severin de Wit - April 12, 2022

Trust

Food, Trust and Consumer Behavior

Severin de Wit - March 31, 2022

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

International Relations, Diplomacy and Trust

Severin de Wit - March 12, 2022

Management, Research

How to Effectively Regain Trust

Severin de Wit - February 15, 2022

Sustainability

Trusted B Corporations (“B Corp”)

Severin de Wit - February 7, 2022

Psychology, Research

Trust Responsible Use of Drugs

Severin de Wit - January 27, 2022

Artificial Intelligence, Research

What can Robotics and AI teach us about trust?

July 14, 2022

Global Cooperation, Sustainability

Trust and Global’s Most Pressing Issues

July 5, 2022

Artificial Intelligence, Research

What AI Reveals About Trust in the World’s Largest Companies

June 10, 2022

Science

Can we trust Science, or the Scientist?

April 12, 2022

Trust

Food, Trust and Consumer Behavior

March 31, 2022

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

International Relations, Diplomacy and Trust

March 12, 2022

Management, Research

How to Effectively Regain Trust

February 15, 2022

Sustainability

Trusted B Corporations (“B Corp”)

February 7, 2022

Psychology, Research

Trust Responsible Use of Drugs

January 27, 2022

Research

Has distrust become our default position?

January 26, 2022

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As a researcher in AI and robotics, Professor Benjamin Kuipers, in this interview, sees increasing applications of AI in our society. It is natural to wonder whether the behavior of these artificially intelligent systems should somehow be governed by ethics. There is general agreement that ethics imposes constraints on individual behavior for the benefit of society as a whole. There is also a general recognition that trust is important, for individuals, organizations, and society as a whole. But aside from recognizing that trust is in general a good thing, few people have looked carefully at the specifics of how trust serves the thriving, and perhaps even the survival, of our society. In this interview, Benjamin Kuipers, based on ideas from many insightful thinkers, suggests a framework for how these elements work together: a society thrives when it has the resources to respond to threats and opportunities when it gains resources through positive-sum interactions where many positive-sum interactions are forms of cooperation, which in turn involves vulnerability to exploitation by partners. Trust is a willingness to accept vulnerability, confident that it won’t be exploited, and for trust to be effective, one’s self and others must be trustworthy. Through ethics, a society teaches its members how to be trustworthy and how to recognize trustworthiness in others.