As humanoid robotics becomes more advanced and integrated into various aspects of society, what ethical considerations need to be addressed? How can we ensure that these robots are used responsibly and don't infringe upon human rights, privacy, and employment opportunities? How might their ability to mimic human actions and emotions impact human relationships and societal norms? What guidelines and regulations should be put in place to govern their deployment in sensitive environments like healthcare, education, and caregiving?
Some old, but hopefully helpful, references relevant to these questions:
Wallach, Wendell, and Colin Allen. Moral machines: Teaching robots right from wrong. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Grodzinsky, Frances S., Keith W. Miller, and Marty J. Wolf. "The ethics of designing artificial agents." Ethics and Information Technology 10 (2008): 115-121.
Johnson, Deborah G., and Keith W. Miller. "Un-making artificial moral agents." Ethics and Information Technology 10 (2008): 123-133.
Miller, Keith W. "It's not nice to fool humans." IT professional 12.1 (2010): 51-52.
Bryson, Joanna J. "Robots should be slaves." Close Engagements with Artificial Companions: Key social, psychological, ethical and design issues 8 (2010): 63-74.
Grodzinsky, Frances S., Keith W. Miller, and Marty J. Wolf. "Developing artificial agents worthy of trust:“Would you buy a used car from this artificial agent?”." Ethics and information technology 13 (2011): 17-27.
Miller, Keith, Marty J. Wolf, and Frances Grodzinsky. "Behind the mask: Machine morality." Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence 27.1 (2015): 99-107.
Wolf, Marty J., K. Miller, and Frances S. Grodzinsky. "Why we should have seen that coming: comments on Microsoft's tay" experiment," and wider implications." Acm Sigcas Computers and Society 47.3 (2017): 54-64.
Assuming that we are talking about robots as they exist right now, and not the hypothetical ones in the future, there are some concerns that the robots could infringe on our privacy and other rights. In this case, since they are still blind machines, their abilities to connect with other devices need to be subject to our approval and consent. They cannot simply monitor our surroundings and send the signals to their manufacturers or other parties.
As for the ability to mimic human movement and facial expressions, I don't have any serious objections. Right now everybody can immediately tell who is a human and who is the robot. So the problem is not a serious one right now.
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