Open AccessMachine Ethics for Gambling in the Metaverse: an “EthiCasino”
Author(s) -
Anna Vartapetiance Salmasi,
Lee Gillam
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of virtual worlds research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-8477
DOI - 10.4101/jvwr.v2i3.653
Subject(s) - harm , metaverse , aside , closure (psychology) , construct (python library) , psychology , ethical issues , sociology , internet privacy , engineering ethics , public relations , social psychology , political science , virtual reality , law , computer science , engineering , human–computer interaction , programming language , art , literature
— 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.