Title :
Machine Ethics for Metaverse Gambling: No Stake in a $24m Market?
Author :
Samlasi, A.V. ; Gillam, Lee
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford
Abstract :
Online gambling produces a substantial turnover. Unfortunately for potential virtual world gamblers and gambling organizations alike, US law had forced the closure of gambling in the Second Life virtual world. However, an open grid protocol could lead to the provision of off-shore gambling in this virtual world. Aside from legal issues, online gambling generally gives rise to ethical issues relating to prevention of harm. We considered the combined legal and ethical issues, and have proposed and begun to construct and evaluate a system with computational oversight: an ethical advisor. The system is grounded in recent research into machine ethics, which may offer insights into other legal and ethical matters, and provides a framework for responsible gambling in our EthiCasino (ethical virtual casino) in Second Life.
Keywords :
computer games; ethical aspects; legislation; social networking (online); EthiCasino; Second Life virtual world; ethical issue; ethical virtual casino; legal issue; machine ethics; metaverse gambling; online gambling; open grid protocol; virtual world gamblers; Avatars; Collaboration; Ethics; Humans; Law; Legal factors; Protocols; Second Life; Web server; EthiCasino; Keywords; Machine Ethics; Online Gambling; Responsible Gambling; Second life; Virtual Worlds;
Conference_Titel :
Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, 2009. VS-GAMES '09. Conference in
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3588-3
DOI :
10.1109/VS-GAMES.2009.39
