Should we create moral machines?

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) that can act autonomously has raised important questions about the nature of machine decision-making and its potential capabilities. Is it possible to implement an ethical dimension to autonomous machines, i.e., is ethics "computable"? Are autonomous machines capable of factoring moral considerations into their decisions? Can AI be programmed to know the difference between "right" and "wrong?" Once the topic of science fiction novels, these questions are leading to discussions about the actual creation of moral machines, also known as artificial moral agents, and have largely contributed to the expansion of the field of machine ethics.